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At Meta, millions of underage users were an 'open secret,' show court filing
(economictimes.com)
this post was submitted on 26 Nov 2023
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That gives us a world where people can't use social media anonymously, which has problematic implications for privacy and free expression for those whose governments do not guarantee that right.
It does not absolve Meta from not doing due diligence. They have means to make an effort at it and plenty money to hire some experts. Kids under 13 upload their photos to FB publically and would likely be spotted as at least underage in normal conversation if Meta rep reached out to them. They could require reports to come from verified users and disregard reports from users with bad track record.
There's still a difference between only the provider having your identity vs your identity being public (which is something Facebook's real name policy mandates).