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Norway to increase minimum age limit on social media to 15 to protect children (www.theguardian.com)

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Prime minister wants young people to be shielded from ‘power of the algorithm’

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

They may require real-world credentials for account creation to prevent that from happening.

She said the government was investigating methods of enforcing such restrictions that did not intervene with human rights, such as the requirement for a bank account.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

It also gives parents assurance that they arent crazy for wanting to limit their kids access to these hell sites.

[–] Reptorian 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

These parents should realize that they might run into it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

In a couple (maybe most at this point idk) EU countries you can use your ID in combination with your phones NFC and an open source app to prove certain parameters like age to sites, without giving up any identifying information. This is what should be used here and not fucking bank accounts.