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Oakland Privacy
Oakland Privacy
@oaklandprivacy@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago

Congress is moving toward a nationwide age-verification mandate, but instead of verifying age on every website or app, lawmakers want to make app stores do it.

https://www.theverge.com/policy/830877/app-store-age-verification-act-pinterest-endorsement

#ageverification #privacy #surveillance #tech
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Oakland Privacy
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@oaklandprivacy@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago

The App Store Accountability Act would require Apple and Google to confirm users’ ages and pass that info to every app they download. The model has already been adopted in several states and just won backing from Pinterest, Meta, Snap, and X.
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