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Meta renews push for age restrictions to be enforced by app stores

By Patricia Figueiredo ( November 13, 2024, 17:56 GMT | Insight) -- Meta Platforms’ executives today reiterated the company's push for age restrictions to be dealt with by the likes of Google and Apple as controllers of the smartphone ecosystem. During a panel in London, the speakers argued that age verification is an “industry-wide issue” and should be dealt with “at the app store and operating system level.” Meta’s Instagram has been implementing stricter safety settings by default for teenagers, but hasn’t introduced a definitive age check for determining user age.Meta Platforms’ executives today reiterated the company's push for age restrictions to be dealt with by the likes of Google and Apple as controllers of the smartphone ecosystem....

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