Meta is often criticized for the way children use its platforms, but the company says there is another side to the story.
During a recent podcast appearance before a large audience at the Chase Center in San Francisco, Mark Zuckerberg announced, among other things, that he would no longer apologize for things that were not his or his company's fault.
In recent years, Facebook and Meta have faced numerous criticisms, and among these criticisms, those of whistleblower Haugen stand out, who directly accused them of putting profits before child safety.
The company responded to many such criticisms, made changes and introduced various tools. In line with the aforementioned “apology” tactic, one of the company’s directors, Nick Clegg, spoke about these tools and their use, shifting the responsibility from “Meta” to parents.
That is, according to Clegg, "Meta" has introduced about 50 parental management and supervision tools to "Facebook" and "Instagram" in recent years, and parents should use these tools to enable their loved ones to use social networks as safely as possible and prevent them from displaying harmful content.
“One of the things we’ve found… is that even when we create safety tools, parents don’t use them,” he explained, noting that as an engineering company, they can create different tools that will limit the time children spend online, but it’s still up to the parents.
Since this is such a big problem, some countries are considering radical solutions, and in Australia they are looking at banning young people (perhaps 14 to 16 years old and up) from using social media. This certainly won't sit well with tech companies, and Clegg says a lot of evidence shows that most young people have positive experiences using Meta's apps.
This contradicts the previously mentioned information published several years ago by whistleblower Haugen, according to which Facebook, as the company was then called, knew about the problems young people were having with using Instagram, but did nothing to solve the problems and protect young people.
Regarding the previously announced ban on the use of social networks in Australia, Clegg said he would respect the law, although such a thing would be quite difficult and complicated to implement and the implementation of those measures would require cooperation with "Apple" and "Apple" and "Google" and their app stores.
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