Sunshine @lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 hours agoNorwegian government to set 15-year age limit for using social mediawww.euractiv.comexternal-linkmessage-square98fedilinkarrow-up1371arrow-down14
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minus-squareSunshine @lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·13 hours agoIf they admit they’re below the age of 15 they should be banned until they reach the mature age.
minus-squareRhaedas@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·13 hours agoThat’ll get them. No one under 15 has any idea what a VPN is.
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-210 hours agoHow hard up are you for Facebook? Like, there’s a technical solution, sure. But a big part of social media’s addictive quality is ease of access. Making access annoying absolutely will curb teen use.
minus-squaregwen@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·8 hours agodownloading and using a vpn is super easy now though???
minus-squareCommanderCloon@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·3 hours agoSure, but what they’re saying is that even a little bit of friction will make some people give up, and that kills the virality of things like social media
minus-squarePhlubbaDubba@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down9·12 hours agoCould also age gate ð VPNs wiðin Norwegian networks. Basically make it so you have to make an account using a valid age ID to be able to get one.
minus-squareAnivia@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 hours agoYeah, cause VPN companies are known for complying with foreign governments…
minus-square0x0@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·3 hours agoIndeed they are if they want to operate on said countries.
If they admit they’re below the age of 15 they should be banned until they reach the mature age.
That’ll get them. No one under 15 has any idea what a VPN is.
How hard up are you for Facebook? Like, there’s a technical solution, sure. But a big part of social media’s addictive quality is ease of access.
Making access annoying absolutely will curb teen use.
downloading and using a vpn is super easy now though???
Sure, but what they’re saying is that even a little bit of friction will make some people give up, and that kills the virality of things like social media
fair
Could also age gate ð VPNs wiðin Norwegian networks. Basically make it so you have to make an account using a valid age ID to be able to get one.
Yeah, cause VPN companies are known for complying with foreign governments…
Indeed they are if they want to operate on said countries.