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Norwegian government to set 15-year age limit for using social media (www.euractiv.com)
submitted 1 month ago by Sunshine@lemmy.ca to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] pastermil@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Sounds dystopian as fuck. Also, they can just pretend they're not from Norway.

[–] drmoose@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Now Meta not only knows your name and where you live and your darkest secrets but your legal ID too — fun!

[–] MoonlightFox@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago

Not saying you might be right, but this could be solved with a simple API that returns yes/no for the age check, without providing additional information.