Regulation proposal that requires parental permission to use Twitter and Facebook under 16 years of age appears

ByJason Howie

Social network services such as Twitter, Facebook, Google+, etc. prohibit children under the age of 13 from using it. Each SNS takes countermeasures such as stopping the account when it finds an account acquired by misrepresenting the age, but it is pointed out that some children continue to use SNS by falsifying their age. As a result of the discussion at the European Parliament on such an age restriction of SNS, a proposed draft amendment to the EU data protection rule draft proposing to raise the existing restriction age and direct the SNS operating companies to take responsibility .

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EU countries will be to to stop kids under 16 from using social media without permission | The Verge
http://www.theverge.com/2015/12/15/10230022/eu-internet-age-of-consent-16-13

In the EU Member State, the age limit of SNS is said to be the same as "the age of 13" same as the United States and Japan, but the EU's data protection rule draft suggested that "children aged 13 to 16 will not have parental consent SNS can not be used for the item "was added.

Financial TimesIt is reported that technology companies such as Google and Facebook have carried out lobbying against the revision bill because strengthening regulations on age restrictions will lead to a reduction in new users in their teens, but as a revision proposal within the EU member states Companies that do not comply will be subject to 4% of worldwide sales as a fine. As a result, even when delegating data handling by violating users to third-party companies, the penalty will be imposed on the company of the operating company, he says there is an aim to generate direct responsibility for SNS operating companies Thing.

The proposed amendment will be officially included in the draft of the EU Data Protection Rule from Thursday, December 17, 2015, local time, the EU Member States will coordinate the existing law so as to meet the revised draft standards, It is required to pass the passage of two years within two years.

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