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philipallstar 34 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: UK set to announce social media ban for under-16s

But how does the system know that someone's a parent who should be able to access the parental features?

theultdev 33 days ago [–]

It doesn't need to.

Parents know who they are. THEY force their kids to use a child account with their parental account linked.

The same way every other parental control system works, whether it's Youtube, Netflix, iOS, Xbox, etc.

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