Ofcom finalises rules for tech firms to protect children online

Ofcom finalises guidelines for tech corporations to guard youngsters on-line

Web sites must change the algorithms that suggest content material to younger individuals and introduce beefed-up age checks or face huge fines, the UK media regulator has confirmed. Ofcom says its “Kids’s Codes” – the ultimate variations of which have now been printed – will provide “transformational new protections”. Platforms which host pornography, or provide…

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'Fake bank app allowed scammers to shake my hand and steal from me'

Instagram nonetheless posing critical dangers to kids, campaigners say

Tony Smith and Angus Crawford BBC Information Investigations Getty Photos Younger Instagram customers might nonetheless be uncovered to “critical dangers” even when they use new Teen Accounts introduced in to supply extra safety and management, analysis by campaigners suggests. Researchers behind a brand new report have stated they had been capable of arrange accounts utilizing…

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