New York lawmakers are cracking down on kids' exposure to social media algorithms
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If passed, anyone under 18 would require permission from a parent or guardian to view content on accounts they don't follow.

New York lawmakers are cracking down on kids’ exposure to social media algorithms | If passed, anyone under 18 would require permission from a parent or guardian to view content on accounts they do…::If passed, anyone under 18 would require permission from a parent or guardian to view content on accounts they don’t follow.

  • @[email protected]English
    22•9 months ago

    This won’t do anything assuming it’s just an “are you 18?” question like there is on porn sites.

    • OtterEnglish
      12•9 months ago

      I guess it might help with some sites, where kids just scrolled into it but don’t care about it. In cases where they want to see the feed/‘for you’ page, then yep agreed.

      If it works out the way I’m hoping for, this might help a lot of OTHER people avoid the algorithms/feeds/suggested posts when they intentionally want to avoid them. I’d love to have a filter like this where I can toggle it off.

      • YouTube’s recent change has been really nice, I like only seeing content from subscriptions
      • I’d love to remove suggested posts in Instagram, I don’t like random suggested posts mixed in with content from friends/family, and I snooze it every 30 days. If this also blocks the suggested reels page, I’ll probably save a lot more time.
      • I don’t use Facebook/Snapchat that much anymore, but it would probably help there too

      So honestly, don’t even need to focus on the kid aspect. Make it mandatory to include a toggle to turn off suggested posts. That way, we also don’t have to worry about this turning into a “link your government ID to your social media” situation

      • @[email protected]English
        4•9 months ago

        I stopped using Facebook when I had to reset the sort to Time instead of suggested every login. That was about 10 years ago so I’m glad to see some progress on the issue.

    • @[email protected]English
      9•9 months ago

      Some backwards ass states are implementing some “Scan your ID” checks. It’s a huge privacy issue. And my concern is that more states will pursue that.

  • @SoupBrickEnglish
    13•9 months ago

    Cool, more identity tracking. Wonder how they will enforce this? Anything not enforced is just another window to click through. They might use this as a spring board to make more privacy violating policies. Hope it doesn’t pass…