Is Meta right to call for Apple and Google to always require parental approval for teens downloading apps?

John Sutter: Apple ook, Instagram owner wants parents' approval on apps f Facebook and Instagram 6.

He says age verification on the internet has always been fraught; we need to recognize the ri 16 t ones when we see them.

Sutter says Facebook and Ins Bloomberg Opinion ll for federal regulation to add age verification process to popular app stores is one example.

But it wouldn't do much to prevent minors from using web browsers, rather than apps, to access inappropriate sites.

Dave Lee: Facebook's blog post comes just days after a former employee testified to the Senate that Facebook ignored repeated warnings on harassment of teens through the app.

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