… Meta’s concern that a 99 percent standard for detecting new CSAM would be impossible to achieve may be mitigated, according to Ackerman, by a court-assigned child safety monitor lowering the standard if they think Meta has done all it reasonably can. …
… Those changes include adding age verification for New Mexico users, prohibiting end-to-end encryption for users under 18 and capping their use to 90 hours per month, limiting engagement-boosting features like infinite scroll and autoplay, and requiring Meta to detect 99 percent of new child sexual … …
… The report, titled “The Online Safety Act: Are Children Safe Online?” showed that 46 percent of 9- to 16-year-olds believe that circumventing age controls is very easy. …
… Brazil recently introduced a child-safety law with restrictions on design practices that encourage compulsive screen use. …
… We are introducing this legislation because we want a childhood where children get to be children. …