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Meta lobbied for child safety bill to blame Apple, but Apple got itself off the hook

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77% Informative

Apple opposed making app stores’ responsible for age verification.

The child safety bill, based in Louisiana , sought to impose new rules for apps like Facebook and Instagram .

A lobbyist for Meta made a case for requiring Google and Apple ’s app stores to flag minors.

An Apple lobbyist responded with a flurry of text messages, declaring the provision a “poison pill from Meta ”.

VR Score

76

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72

Neutral language

72

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semi-formal

Language

English

Language complexity

48

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not offensive

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not hateful

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short-lived

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