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[–] troyunrau@lemmy.ca 13 points 2 months ago (5 children)

Yes, but how. The details matter

[–] theangriestbird@beehaw.org 6 points 2 months ago (4 children)

That's what the article is for.

[–] troyunrau@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 months ago (2 children)

That article is light on implemention details. It talks a lot about the legislation itself, and ways in which it might be implemented.

[–] theangriestbird@beehaw.org 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

As currently proposed, KOSA’s pitch on harm reduction policies come in a few forms:

  • Establishing a “duty of care” requirement that would potentially hold social networking companies liable if they fail to filter out abusive or exploitative content for minors
  • Ban targeted advertising towards minors
  • Stronger default privacy protections for minors

Beyond that, the bill is still in progress. It passed the Senate, but not the House, and it might be dead in the water, so there are no specific implementation details just yet. The point of the article is that legislators are aware of online "platform" games like Roblox, and they are aware that they are exploiting kids. So even if this specific bill doesn't pass, regulation is coming one way or another. It's just a question of whether the industry will self-regulate before the government actually passes something.

[–] Krackalot@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I doubt it. But I really hope that translates to micro transactions are illegal now.

[–] p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 months ago

It's not an article. It's a blog post. That's the problem.

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