Mastodawn

We have opened formal proceedings under the Digital Services Act to investigate how Snapchat exposes minors to grooming, recruitment for criminal purposes, and illegal products.

Key areas of investigation include:

🔹Grooming & recruitment of minors
🔹Age verification and access for under-13s
🔹Default privacy & safety settings
🔹Spread of illegal or age-restricted products
🔹Reporting of illegal content

We will now carry out an in-depth investigation.

More info: https://link.europa.eu/gXFbqm  

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Hauntshade Apr 2

@EUCommission

What is missing here is: Parenting.
Parents neglecting their kids by giving them unfettered access to the internet.

We don't need governments to take away our privacy and our rights, because some people are shitty parents.

You decide to have kids, you take responsibility.

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Lutz Apr 3

You have children at home? Asking for their propper mobile, nagging that all friends have one, negociating screen time, controlling if parental control hasn't been circumvented? It is a nightmare! A clear law is a fab ally in negociating with your kids!

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s1m0n4

@Voyageur_Pragmatique @hauntshade I have 2 kids at home, 12 and 8 years old.
They have a tablet each and no smartphone. Android Family Link allows to configure screen time, not just an overall limit, also a limit by app.
You can forbid certain apps and never install others. My kids don't have Instagram, Snapchat. They only play games and we only allow YouTube limited to their age.
The oldest has a laptop too. Our router is configured to cut off the Internet on his device at 18:30.