Bill Ready pointed to Australia’s social media ban for under-16s as a model, though it does not apply to his company
Pinterest’s CEO called on world leaders to ban social media for youth under 16 in a LinkedIn post on Friday.
“We need a clear standard: no social media for teens under 16, backed by real enforcement, and accountability for mobile phone operating systems and the apps that run on them,” Bill Ready wrote. Pinterest, an image-sharing platform, has seen a surge in young users over the past year but has disappointed Wall Street with its quarterly financial reports of late.
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