European Commission might not let 16 years olds utilize Facebook's platform without parental permission
Facebook might receive a bad news from Europe. European Commission might make it prohibited for social platform operators to let any 16 years old use their platform without the permission of their parents. The need has been forwarded on the eve of one of the ultimate deliberations on the Draft Data Protection regulation regarding which voting will take place on December 17.
At its center, the amendment states that any website that is able to process personal information should make sure that parents have given their consent for kids who fall in the under 16 age group to utilize the platform. The amendment states: "The processing of personal data of a child below the age of 16 years shall only be lawful if, and to the extent that, such consent is given or authorized by the holder of parental responsibility over the child,”
The Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs will discuss the amendment on Thursday. If approved the European Parliament’s members might vote on it before the year end. The legislation would be endorsed by 2017, if not earlier and will apply fairly to all the European states.
The decision concerned with increase the legitimate age at which kids could employ social websites to 16 would doubtlessly frustrate organizations like Facebook and Twitter by eliminating a new users’ source for a time span of 3 years and carry out the creation of legal headaches regarding the means to carry out the policy of such a requirement.
The ICT Coalition for Children, a team that is known for counting, Google, Twitter and Facebook amongst its members, condemned the changes for being done without any discussion and at such a later stage in the procedure
"Negotiators have rushed this amendment without soliciting any meaningful input from stakeholders; including child safety organizations. Negotiators should also explain the rationale for raising the age to 16; to date no explanation has been given."
The step has also played a role in raising concerns from groups of children. An open letter endorsed by many individuals and well-known charitable organizations like the Family Online Safety Institute and Anti- Bullying Pro, made a claim that the decision to make social platforms inaccessible would probably prove to be more destructive than beneficial.
“Children aged 13 and above shouldn’t be restricted from accessing critical online support services. Sadly, we know that some parents do not always act in their child’s best interests”
The letter also states that the amendment will doubtlessly prompt kids to lie about their age, meaning that webpages would not be able to easily share age-appropriate information or content with youngsters. The Draft Data Protection law has been discussed for many years now and a large number of new stricter provisions have become a part of the draft rule.
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