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Google urges US lawmakers not to ban teenagers from social media. (indusbusinessjournal.com)
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Google urges US lawmakers not to ban teenagers from social media.::San Francisco– Google has asked the US Congress not to ban teenagers from social media, urging lawmakers to drop problematic protections like age-verification technology. The tech giant released its ‘Legislative Framework to Protect Children and Teens Online’ that came as more lawmakers, like Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), pushed for the Kids Online Safety Act, a …

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[–] Godort@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I suspect that if this does pass it will have about as much efficacy as preventing kids from looking at online pornography.

Many of the more technical-focused communication tools like IRC and Matrix will probably not even notice the change

[–] shiroininja@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

True. Even though the end to end Encryption could be a target

[–] sir_reginald@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

end to end encryption in public chats like the typical IRC channel or public Matrix chatrooms is useless. Anyone can join, then anyone can decrypt the messages just by joining.