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Abstract
The inversion of the age pyramid is one of the main problems to be solved by postmodern States, whether in terms of social security, wealth production or other social issues. Changes in the dynamics of consumption, production and communication, accelerated especially by access to the virtual world and the emergence of the most recent possibilities for using Artificial Intelligence, directly impact the way in which people interact and end up making the elderly population potential victims of acts by scammers and profiteers, considering that there is a lack of knowledge about the mechanisms of how virtual environments work. Since the protection of old age and human dignity are responsibilities of the State, the vulnerability of this segment of the population becomes a State problem, at the same time that actions to protect these people virtually may come up against issues related to individual freedom and choice, and the exercise of citizenship. Protecting the elderly online must encompass both technological education, together with the supervision and regulation of financial institutions, which should take greater care with their customers in this age group, and especially for large technology companies, which host websites and directly market social interaction platforms that are supposedly free, but which collect demographic and digital, political and consumer behavior data, because just as a car manufacturer is held responsible for any accident caused by a design error, large technology companies must be held objectively responsible for the vulnerability in the provision of their services.
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