UK bans Facebook, Twitter usage for kidsunder 13 to ward off child abuse
LONDON : Under a new legislation to be debated in the UK’s House of Lords later this week, children under the age of 13 will be banned from joining Facebook andTwitter to keep them safe from child abuse on the social media platforms.According to a report in The Telegraph, the government’s Data Protection Bill willlegally enshrine the age at which children will beallowed to create accounts on social media platforms.We Are Daily Updated Latest Gujarat & India Level All Types Government Jobs.We also Updated Various Exams schedule. Also Answer key, Result, Merit and Selection Lists. We Also Provides GK,All types Most Important Study Materials Related General Knowledge, English Grammar, Gujarati Grammar, Maths, Science, History, Geography, Model Papers, Exams Old Papers, GK In Mp3 And Video Formats. UK bans Facebook
Everyday For Latest Updates Jobs, Study Materials and General Information Updates. So keep visit This Website. UK bans FacebookThe proposal, however, might not get support from cross-party peers who are insisting thatthe measure must be accompanied by new rules forcing companies to adapt their sites for younger users.The move comes as Home Secretary Amber Rudd is to meet executives from the Internet giants in the US this week.Writing in a national daily The Sun on Sunday, Rudd said social media giants must do more to stop child sexual exploitation, adding thatthe companies have a “moral duty” to go “further and faster” in their efforts to tackle the abuse.“Online technology had made ‘vile child sexual abuse content vastly easier to find’. It is with absolute urgency that I callon all Internet companies to go further andgo faster in tackling online child sexual abuse.“We need you all to bring your resources and your technical expertise to help us turn the tide on this horrendous scourge. It is your moral duty,” she added.During her trip to Washington, Rudd will attend a roundtable discussion which willbejoined by tech companies, including Google, Facebook and Microsoft.As per a BBC report, new government figures show there was a700 per cent increase in the number of indecent images identified on technology company servers andflagged to law enforcement agencies between 2013 and 2017.Each month there are more than 400 arrests for indecent images of children offences in Britain and some 500 childrenarebeing protected from online sexual exploitation, BBC cited the government data as saying.