Facebook Is Building An Instagram For Kids Under The Age Of 13 (buzzfeednews.com) 30
Executives at Instagram are planning to build a version of the popular photo-sharing app that can be used by children under the age of 13, BuzzFeed News reported this week, citing an internal company post. From the report: "I'm excited to announce that going forward, we have identified youth work as a priority for Instagram and have added it to our H1 priority list," Vishal Shah, Instagram's vice president of product, wrote on an employee message board on Thursday. "We will be building a new youth pillar within the Community Product Group to focus on two things: (a) accelerating our integrity and privacy work to ensure the safest possible experience for teens and (b) building a version of Instagram that allows people under the age of 13 to safely use Instagram for the first time."
Yet another site to add to the pihole (Score:5, Insightful)
Sorry, but I don't have any interest in my children being a Facebook product. Kindly go fuck yourselves.
Seeya.
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Don't worry. It's illegal to gather information on children under 13. They'll quietly fold this bullshit as soon as they talk to their legal department about it.
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They can't monetize shit without collecting data. They can lie and pretend they're not collecting data (again) but they'd probably just be caught again, too.
Predator Haven (Score:5, Interesting)
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This is clearly a honeypot situation. There's no other logical explanation.
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And how will they keep those older than 13 off this child-catered platform? Seems like a perfect gateway for predators to prey on children, while also making it easier for them to do so by creating a targeted market for them.
This will not end well. If I had any kids I would block it from my network.
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Facebook is the predator.
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Hell, in my town there is a halfway house for sex offenders on release/parole about 2 city blocks from an elementary school down in the ghetto. Yeah, I still can't believe NY did that.
More of what kids don't need. (Score:5, Insightful)
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You had me at "candy cigarettes".
If I had mod points I would have used them on Insightful.
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You had me at "candy cigarettes".
I could never figure out how to light them.
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Privacy track record somewhat lacking (Score:5, Interesting)
For a company that can't even be bothered to do the bare minimum to comply with the regulations governing the privacy of adult data, there's no way I'd put my kids on this train wreck.
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Their privacy track record is indeed abysmal - that's why I call them "Privacy Rapists". [urbandictionary.com]
No. (Score:2)
Just no.
"safely use Instagram for the first time" (Score:4, Insightful)
"building a version of Instagram that allows people under the age of 13 to safely use Instagram for the first time."
Yeah - it's going to be safe for kids to use the first time, and only the first time they use it!
Joe Camel (Score:4, Insightful)
This is the modern version of Joe Camel.
What adults asking to many (Score:2)
Chomo-gram (Score:1)
Another illegal platform (Score:3)
https://www.nolo.com/legal-enc... [nolo.com]
That means minors cannot legally accept the ELU (end user license agreement). FB should be prosecuted for illegally targeting children.
Who are they selling them to? (Score:2)
Creeps.com?
Facebook .. (Score:1)
to safely use Instagram..... (Score:1)
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