Isn’t this illegal under COPPA?
Kyle Barr
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Kyle is a Breaking News Reporter for Gizmodo, a longtime player of tabletop games and recent dabbler in historical sword fighting.
Isn’t there supposed to be COPPA overwatch?
What’s the big deal? The Catholic church has been monitoring kids for centuries.
When you think they can’t sink any lower? Tada!
IMHO, pretty much ALL kinds of social media is harmful & dangerous to children & teenagers (as they cause addiction & sleep & attention/focus problems & bullying, exploitation, manipulation etc)!
& ONLY true/realistic/effective/permanent solution would be banning social media usage/membership for ALL underage people… Read more
For many of them school is just a daycare.
So as a parent, I've got an example that is out of my control as an involved parent who vets her child's games--the MLP color by numbers game continually harasses my daughter to sign up for the Very Important Pony club, despite purchases being disabled on her account, and I have no way to stop it hounding her. I'd… Read more
Setting limits? Being their parent and not their friend? Having expectations that your child might excel at a subject rather than needing to rush to the middle? Maybe going outside and interacting with a real, live person? Read more
Personal accountability is scarcer than water in CA.
Exactly! Children need parental supervision as they grow up. It’s their job, as parents, to care for their children. It’s kind of like all the whiney-ass parents raging when a school cancels classes and the parents question why they have to care for their own children. We all pay taxes to support the schools but why… Read more
This is stupid. Any service or product a kid likes could be addictive (I’m looking at you McDonald’s). Unless there’s big tech funded drug dealers selling electronic devices to kids on the street, this feels like a parent’s job to manage.
Well, you may recall that Jair Bolsohitler is not only a military man himself, but also a long-time fan of the past military dictatorship in Brazil; so much so in fact that he has even participated in pro-dictatorship demonstrations while in office as president. Read more
It would take a constitutional amendment for Musk to run for president. Otherwise, state governor or U.S. Congress are his only options.
He has US citizenship so he’s eligible to run for pretty much every office in the US except for the Presidency. and since the eligibility laws for that are part of the constitution there’s almost no way that’s going to happen as it would require a 2/3rds vote in Congress and a ratification by 3/4th of state… Read more
Musk is a clear and present danger to any democracy anywhere in the world. Read more
Lol, once upon a time way before I knew Musk was involved, I sent my info to Starlink so they could send me offers to their internet services when they came to my area because why not look for alternativs (supposedly it was very soon). That was over 4 yrs ago. So sure, Starlink is coming to save the poor’s in Brazil fr… Read more
Is it really a transition if that’s who Musk has always been? Sorry it took some of you guys so long to figure this out. Read more
This is what he *wants.* Read more
Nah, he’s been supervillain tier AT LEAST since he became a flamethrower arms dealer
Those are Highway Patrol Officers (in Brazil they are Federal Military Police, distinct from the Army but with a similar hierarchy).
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