The Facebook app, center, appears on a mobile phone screen on Jan. 25, 2023, in New York. AP Photo/Richard Drew
Meta has been lobbying the federal government for new rules to implement age verification at the app store level—which would put the burden on companies like Apple and Google, not individual platforms like Meta’s Facebook and Instagram.
The company has been pitching the idea in meetings with both the federal and provincial governments, said Meta Canada director of public policy Rachel Curran.
