• Scrollone@feddit.it
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    5 months ago

    Of course you’ll always be able to sign up to obscure services such as Lemmy servers. It’s always been like that, even with the US law COPPA (nobody really checks).

    This law would only be applies to major platforms that have a EU base somewhere (Meta, etc.)

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      5 months ago

      But then the EU is also pushing towards interoperability. If Threads require ID checks and is 15+, but also federates, 13 year olds will just go elsewhere.

      I guess the age limit could best be enforced by parents, who would be able to tell their kids they can’t use social media before they’re old enough. Sure there will still be kids around, but there will be fewer of them.