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The public clearly does care, because there are laws that have been passed to specifically address data collection for underage users: https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-hochul-attorney-ge....

Whether or not those laws do what they're intended to do is another question, but to say the public 'doesn't care', is a baseless assumption to make.

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The public doesn't pass laws though, our elected representatives do. Without diving down the rabbit hole of how well our current system manages to select for representatives that actually align with voters' views, there isn't a direct link between laws and public sentiment.

Parents purposely allowing children to use these services is a much more clear indicator of sentiment, and as mentioned in the article users don't seem to mind allowing their children to use Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, etc.

Plenty of laws are passed that the public doesn't care about. Sometimes the public is even opposed to them.

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