https://pluralistic.net/2023/04/17/have-you-tried-not-spying/#coppa
'This week on my podcast, I read my recent
Medium column, "How To Make a
Child-Safe TikTok: Have you tried not spying on kids?" The column was inspired
by one of the most bizarre exchanges during the Congressional grilling of
TokTok CEO Shou Chew:
https://doctorow.medium.com/how-to-make-a-child-safe-tiktok-be08fbf94b0d
If you heard anything about that hearing, it was likely this. Rep Buddy Carter,
Republican of Georgia, demanded to know whether Tiktok used "the phone’s camera
to determine whether the content that elicits a pupil dilation should be
amplified by the algorithm?"
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https://www.c-span.org/video/?526609-1/tiktok-ceo-testifies-house-energy-commerce-committee-hearing>
Chew replied, "We do not collect body, face or voice data to identify our
users. We do not." Carter pressed him, asking "How do you determine what age
they are then?"
Chew said, "We rely on age-gating as our key age assurance." Carter assumed
tuckercarlsonian expression of perplexity and asked for more information. Chew
explained: "It’s when you ask the user what age they are." Carter was clearly
baffled by this.'
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
