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Facebook Urged To Reconsider Its Plans for an Instagram for Children

dimanche 18 avril 2021, 06:34 , par Slashdot
Instagram for kids is a terrible idea, argues a columnist for the Observer. And yet:
In March, Buzzfeed reported on Facebook's plans to develop a product for those too young to sign up to Instagram officially, as the platform requires users to be at least 13... Facebook says it will allow the company to focus on privacy and safety for children.

Last week, an international coalition of children's health advocates, brought together by the Boston-based, non-profit Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood, disagreed and wrote an open letter to Zuckerberg urging the company to drop its plans. 'While collecting valuable family data and cultivating a new generation of Instagram users may be good for Facebook's bottom line, it will likely increase the use of Instagram by young children who are particularly vulnerable to the platform's manipulative and exploitative features,' it said...

Maybe it is naive of me to expect that children will have any period of freedom from wondering 'but how will it/I look?', but surely we should at least try to maintain that for as long as possible.

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