Are these characteristics “unconscionable,” Meta asks the jury? Posted at 19:40 BST19:40 BST Schmidt maintains that the attorneys general are basing their claim of unfair practices on three characteristics: the ability of users to have multiple accounts; time management tools; and efforts to block users under 13 years of age. He asks the jury to consider at the end of the case whether these features are “unconscionable or unfair.” As for multiple accounts, Schmidt maintains that there is “value” in having multiple accounts and being able to have separate accounts for different interests, such as sports, music or family. Of time management tools, he says, “They don’t consider it unfair for someone to have access to Instagram. How can they make it unfair to give that person time management tools, even if they have criticism?” And as for age verification, he says there are “real challenges,” including concerns about privacy and fairness. “Not everyone has a government ID, not everyone has credit cards or wants to share them,” he says. Meta is not legally allowed to retain children’s data that would otherwise allow it to create computer models to detect users under 13, it says. But the company has always required age entry on Facebook and then Instagram and allows people to report underage users, he adds.
