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[-] neblem@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Lazy question as I haven't followed the DSA closely and Wikipedia seems very surface level - does it do stupid privacy invasive crap and forget small sites exist like the UK's Online Safety Act?

[-] Anafabula@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The Wikipedia page doesn't sound too bad, but IANAL.
The regulation linked from the wiki article only includes the word "age" three times and actually states:

[...] this prohibition should not lead the provider of the online platform to maintain, acquire or process more personal data than it already has in order to assess if the recipient of the service is a minor. Thus, this obligation should not incentivize providers of online platforms to collect the age of the recipient of the service prior to their use.

Haven't looked at it any more than that, but it sounds like it's already been in effect for ~2 years?

this post was submitted on 07 Aug 2025
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