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troyunrau ,
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Yes, but how. The details matter

theangriestbird OP ,

That’s what the article is for.

troyunrau ,
@troyunrau@lemmy.ca avatar

That article is light on implemention details. It talks a lot about the legislation itself, and ways in which it might be implemented.

theangriestbird OP ,

As currently proposed, KOSA’s pitch on harm reduction policies come in a few forms:

  • Establishing a “duty of care” requirement that would potentially hold social networking companies liable if they fail to filter out abusive or exploitative content for minors
  • Ban targeted advertising towards minors
  • Stronger default privacy protections for minors

Beyond that, the bill is still in progress. It passed the Senate, but not the House, and it might be dead in the water, so there are no specific implementation details just yet. The point of the article is that legislators are aware of online “platform” games like Roblox, and they are aware that they are exploiting kids. So even if this specific bill doesn’t pass, regulation is coming one way or another. It’s just a question of whether the industry will self-regulate before the government actually passes something.

Krackalot ,

I doubt it. But I really hope that translates to micro transactions are illegal now.

ravhall ,

Can it come for organized religion too? Because no one kills in the name of Doom, but “god” has a lot of blood on its hands.

theangriestbird OP ,

the regulation in this case is more about exploitation of children in online spaces, not so much about violence in videogames. That question was settled in the 90s.

Coelacanth ,
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That question was settled in the 90s.

Tell that to the IOC who refused to feature any shooters at the Esports Olympics because they’re “too violent” - they even forced Fortnite to make a target shooting mode for its entry!

theangriestbird OP ,

well that’s the Olympics. They are the dictators of their event, for better or for worse. Rules in the Olympics are important, but they are not legislation or regulation.

kbal ,
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the Esports Olympics

I had never heard of it, but I went to find out who won the SC2 gold medal and found out instead that they only included video game versions of established olympic sports, i.e. the fortnite was target shooting mode because target shooting is a sport that's in the olympics.

ravhall ,

Again, churches exploit more children than… well, anything. Ban god.

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