Comment I hope NetChoice wins (Score 1) 6
>"NetChoice is suing Virginia to block a new law that limits kids under 16 to one hour of daily social media use unless parents approve more time, arguing the rule violates the First Amendment and introduces serious privacy risks through mandatory age-verification."
I hope NetChoice wins. These laws popping up in various states absolute put ridiculous burdens on "social media" when that responsibility should be on the parents. And those burdens will DESTROY privacy of everyone, most importantly adults. We should not have to supply PROOF POSITIVE of our identities to use websites. And that is exactly what most of these laws indirectly require.
You can hand-wave and try to invent in your mind some type of "age only" verification, third-party, trust whatever that acts as a middle-man. It is already too late. And I doubt it would actually be trust-worthy.
And have you read the bill? It doesn't even DEFINE what "social media" is. The only part of the bill I agree with is this:
"For purposes of this section, any controller or processor that operates a social media platform shall treat a user as a minor if the user's device communicates or signals that the user is or shall be treated as a minor"
In most cases, that shouldn't be needed, since children should be using locked devices that access only white-listed-sites/apps. Still, it could be useful for older children, where some sites could be appropriate if they have specific age-related/sensitive controls. Plus any voluntary tools to help parents control children's devices, I support.