Further criticism of the failure by social media companies to prevent children from using their platforms

About this episode

The episode discusses the European Commission's criticism of Meta for failing to prevent children under thirteen from using Instagram and Facebook.

The European Commission found that Meta had not done enough to stop children under the age of thirteen using Instagram and Facebook. For more on this, TJ McIntyre, Associate Professor in Law in the Sutherland School of Law in UCD and chairperson of Digital Rights Ireland.

People in this episode

Guest: TJ McIntyre

Topics covered

• social media
• children's safety
• regulation
• digital rights
• law
• Meta
• Instagram

Keywords

• social media
• children
• Meta
• Instagram
• Facebook
• European Commission
• digital rights
• law

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Meta, Digital Rights Ireland, Sutherland School of Law

Places: European Commission

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