After calls for Facebook to be blocked for children, top Meta executives will tell politicians the best place to restrict access is as people download an app.
Social media giant Meta wants Australia to force Google and Apple to build age verification tools into their app stores, giving parents the power to block children under 16 from downloading social media apps.for Facebook and Instagram to be blocked for children, top US Meta executives will tell Australian politicians the best place to restrict access is as people download an app, rather than in the process of creating an account.
Apple – which along with Google run the online stores through which billions of people download smartphone apps – is resisting Meta’s proposal, saying the Mark Zuckerberg-owned company is shirking its responsibility to tackle concerns about teen mental health, explicit content, misinformation and online crime.after months of pressure from the opposition to toughen up on tech platforms.
An Apple spokesman said this week that websites and social media companies were best positioned to verify the age of their users and that privacy would be breached if it was required to share users’ age with apps.
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