The Facebook development of technology not publicly services for children
Posted by wangxueru on Tuesday, September 25, 2012
"Recent reports
highlight how difficult to funny games for kids implement age restrictions on the Internet,
especially when parents want their children to access certain Internet content
or services." Said Facebook in answering questions about this new
technology, " We are working with shareholders, regulators and other
policy makers continued dialogue, want to be able to identify one of the best
ways to help parents protect their children's safety in a great variety of
network environments. "
The Facebook development of technology not publicly services for children under the age of 13, the ability to come out yet known.
7,500,000 children under 13 lied about his age registered Facebook
In the past few years, due to the various studies that age is not enough children are using the Facebook website, the company prevent children to conceal age registered account the pressure becomes larger and larger. "Consumer Reports" published last year, not yet reached the age of about 750 million 13-year-old children are using the social networking site, which has more than 500 million users below the age of 10. The cyberbullying case exposure also increased fears. Currently, Facebook has 900 million users around the world.
Microsoft support a research report released last fall, about 36% of the parents aware of their children before the age of 13 had registered Facebook. There are a significant proportion of parents will even help them age children is not enough to do so. The report sparked worries about how to deal with the problem of user privacy for Facebook. In November last year, the company agreed to sign a 20-year settlement agreement with the Federal Trade Commission (Federal Trade Commission). The latter accused the company of allegedly misleading users in the use of users' personal information. The social network has to admit its mistake and agreed to accept the Federal Trade Commission privacy review on a regular basis.
According to informed sources, in the last year, Facebook began to explore various ways of the requirements of children not old enough to become a legitimate user, under the supervision of their parents. For example, in the summer last year, the company to an authentication service provider fun games for kids to play asked how to get the valid consent of their parents, children who hope to use Facebook,. Facebook does not intend to develop a separate site suitable for children out, it would prefer to develop parental monitoring function, so that the children legally existing website.
The Facebook development of technology not publicly services for children under the age of 13, the ability to come out yet known.
7,500,000 children under 13 lied about his age registered Facebook
In the past few years, due to the various studies that age is not enough children are using the Facebook website, the company prevent children to conceal age registered account the pressure becomes larger and larger. "Consumer Reports" published last year, not yet reached the age of about 750 million 13-year-old children are using the social networking site, which has more than 500 million users below the age of 10. The cyberbullying case exposure also increased fears. Currently, Facebook has 900 million users around the world.
Microsoft support a research report released last fall, about 36% of the parents aware of their children before the age of 13 had registered Facebook. There are a significant proportion of parents will even help them age children is not enough to do so. The report sparked worries about how to deal with the problem of user privacy for Facebook. In November last year, the company agreed to sign a 20-year settlement agreement with the Federal Trade Commission (Federal Trade Commission). The latter accused the company of allegedly misleading users in the use of users' personal information. The social network has to admit its mistake and agreed to accept the Federal Trade Commission privacy review on a regular basis.
According to informed sources, in the last year, Facebook began to explore various ways of the requirements of children not old enough to become a legitimate user, under the supervision of their parents. For example, in the summer last year, the company to an authentication service provider fun games for kids to play asked how to get the valid consent of their parents, children who hope to use Facebook,. Facebook does not intend to develop a separate site suitable for children out, it would prefer to develop parental monitoring function, so that the children legally existing website.