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Meta said it supports proposals for an EU-wide age of digital adulthood, below which minors would need parental consent to use social media (about.fb.com)
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[โ€“] Capricorn_Geriatric@lemmy.world 29 points 1 week ago (8 children)

Of course they would. Not only would they get their hands on data users fully voluntarily give them by using their platform, but they'd get their hands on verified IDs and quite reliable family tie information. The potential loss of users is definately worth it for them (from their perspective).

[โ€“] imecth@fedia.io 2 points 6 days ago

Yeah... no, they already have access to all that. It's the good ol', if it's gonna happen anyways might as well get behind it and get some good PR.

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