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Texas bans kids from social media without parental consent (www.theverge.com)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The social media provider must "verify, using a commercially reasonable method" the person's identity and the relationship to the minor.

You cam do that through credit card probably.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

The identity sounds easy enough (if a bit invasive). The relationship... the kid's birth certificate? A health insurance card? A stat dec? A cheek swab? That's a lot of effort for a parent, and will they really want to turn those details over to a social media site?

It probably will be just a tick box.