Meta aims to protect those under the age of 16 with the « Young Accounts » application – Cyprus Newspaper
Meta Türkiye and Azerbaijani Public Policies Director Sezen Yeşil, on the Internet to protect young people against the negativity « young accounts » implementation of the application said.
Sezen Yeşil, AA correspondent, « Instagram Young Accounts » application implemented in Türkiye, young users and their families to protect and strengthen their determination to show their determination, he said.
Stating that they designed the application by considering the needs of both young people and parents, Yeşil pointed out that they brought many difficulties from the screen management of children to the concerns about who can communicate with them in the digital age.
For this reason, Sezen Yeşil pointed out that the protection features in the application are activated by default with more strict privacy and content settings and said:
“Young people under the age of 16, if you want to change these settings, a parent needs to be approval. Thanks to these guards, the likelihood of young people to interact with foreigners is limited, unwanted or inappropriate content is filtered and healthy digital habits are encouraged by reminding them to take a break after the long -term screen use. You will not be able to open up.
« We continue to develop age verification methods »
Emphasizing that the first results are quite promising, Yeşil said that 97 percent of young people aged 13-15 who have used young accounts around the world did not change the default protective settings.
Green, in the US survey, 94 percent of the parents, this feature of this feature helps to manage their children’s Instagram experience healthier, he said.
Emphasizing that they continue to develop age verification methods to ensure that young people have digital experiences in accordance with their age as an extension of these studies, Yeşil said, “For example, we are based on the current account information to prevent a young user from opening a new account with an adult age or overcoming the current account with a large user. he said.
Pointing out that the green, digital world has changed constantly, said, “This situation can be challenging for parents who want to make sure that their children have a safe and age -appropriate experience on the internet. We know that parents want to be involved in the process, but this is getting more and more difficult. We want to ensure that the guards offered by the Young Accounts to reach as many young people as possible. ” He said.
« The most effective method goes through parental participation »
Yeşil said that there is no single solution to age verification and age -appropriate digital experiences, although the contribution of technology in this field is great, the most effective method is through the participation of parental and the age verification at the application store level.
Green, young people want to download new applications, just as they want to shop, the operating system or the application store should be compulsory to inform the parents, stating that young people use more than one platform simultaneously, the whole sector’s content standards and established protection is of great importance to act in harmony.
In Türkiye, many parents, children’s social connections or creativity without completely restricting them in digital environment that they see that they see the tools, the young accounts aimed to establish this balance and young people can feel the safety of themselves to explore and express the field of strong protection measures.
Sezen Yeşil, also this year, « young accounts » within the scope of protection measures on Facebook and Messenger, they are planning to expand, he added.
