Tag: age verification
What do new age rules over online pornography mean?
Tighter controls on pornography websites are due to come into force from July, in a bid to prevent children from easily accessing adult content. The long-awaited and controversial measures are said to be a world first, which will be overseen by a regulator, but concerns have been raised about how it will work. Why is…
Snapchat admits its age verification tools do not work
Snapchat has admitted its age verification process cannot always stop children under the age of 13 from signing up to the app. Giving evidence to MPs looking into the addictive and immersive nature of technology, the social media platform said some of its current processes could not completely block underage children from signing up to…
MPs want age certificates and watershed for online video sites
When it comes to “the Internets”, MPs do seem to ask the near-impossible. While I’m all in favour of protecting children from online nastiness, I don’t think trying to push existing methods on to the Web works.
The Commons Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee has warned that the Internet has a “dark side”, and protested over the delays in taking down images of child abuse once reported. Indeed, I agree.
However, they’ve also called for video sharing sites such as YouTube to create an age classification system for violent or sexually-explicit content, as well as introducing a watershed time before which such videos can’t be shown…
