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SilentPanda

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Facebook is considering launching a version of its popular photo social media platform, Instagram, for children under the age of 13.

BuzzFeed News first reported Facebook announced in an internal company post that the company would begin building a version of Instagram for people under the age of 13 years to allow them to “safely” use Instagram for the first time. Currently the company does not allow people who are under this age to create an account on the platform.
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In a blog post earlier this week, which did not mention the proposed new Instagram service, the company noted that although people were asked to enter their age when signing up for Instagram, there was nothing to prevent people from lying about it at registration.

Facebook said it would overcome that by using machine learning in combination with the registration age to determine people’s ages on the platform.
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A study of Australian teens’ internet usage published by the Australian eSafety commissioner in February found 57% of Australian teenagers use Instagram, while 30% reported being contacted by a stranger, and 20% reported being sent inappropriate unwanted content on the social media sites they used.
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www.theguardian.com

Facebook building a version of Instagram for children under 13

Social media giant says it’s exploring introducing a parent-controlled experience that allows kids to ‘safely’ use the photo sharing platform
www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com

Machine learning for age checking?

And only 20% are sent bad content on social media?
Thought it would be higher.
 
ara

ara

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This seems like an exceedingly stupid idea. Maybe children under 13 shouldn't be anywhere near social media.
 
nsilvias

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kids are too dumb to be on social media. teen years arent any better but younger is a recipe for disaster
 
MidnightCowboy

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ara said:
This seems like an exceedingly stupid idea. Maybe children under 13 shouldn't be anywhere near social media.
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I actually think it’s not a bad idea, because they’re on social media either way, so might as well be a sanitized version. Ultimately I agree that social media is bad for them though (and us tbh!).
 
EatChildren

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A social media content sharing platform built specifically as a place to organise and consolidate photos of children, accessible anywhere on the internet by effectively anyone, policed primarily by an algorithm, from a company with an effortlessly scrutinisable history of effective content management and action against predatory and abusive behaviour.

What could possibly go wrong?
 
TheGhost

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Get them addicted to hash tags young.

give them mental health issues early when their life doesn’t add up to the under 13 influencers.

sounds legit
 
Famassu

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Need to let the possibility of Nazi brainwashing that Facebook doesn't feel the need to combat in any way start as early as possible! That way there will be less pesky people whining about all the Nazi propaganda on grown-up social media.
 
BarryFishFinger

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Facebook? A content platform specifically and by design populated with nothing but photos of children under 13? On the internet? With Facebook's absolutely stellar history of being able to effectively police abusive and predatory behaviour online?

Well I don't see how this could be a terrible idea, let me sign my kids up!
 
PHOENIXZERO

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Is this going to be a honey pot? Because they're high if they don't think it won't attract the peds.
 
TheMadTitan

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If kids can lie about their ages to sign up to 13+ social media, predators can do the same for 13- social media. This is just datamining and exploitative targeted advertising for children in a venue that isn't regulated like traditional media is.
 
Alpheus

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EatChildren said:
A social media content sharing platform built specifically as a place to organise and consolidate photos of children, accessible anywhere on the internet by effectively anyone, policed primarily by an algorithm, from a company with an effortlessly scrutinisable history of effective content management and action against predatory and abusive behaviour.

What could possibly go wrong?
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100% agree but LOL your handle.

edit: OT: yea this is a dumb idea.
 
SigSig

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Facebook needs to die and soon.
The negative effect it has on this planet is astounding.
 
TheGummyBear

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I'm not even sure how this could possibly be legal. Not just because of the aforementioned security concerns when it comes to protecting children from predatory behaviour, but also because I thought the age limit on social media was in place because minors under a certain age can't legally sign up to a set of terms and conditions.
 
shenden

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Gotta have all ages hooked on that social media feeling! Fuck off

If I had kids, they ain't going to see the light of social media until they're 18.
 

Kordelle

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Most 3rd and 4th graders at my elementary school are already on Insta and TikTok anyway.
 
Keyser S

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Is this done to sidestep data-gather rules on kids... otherwise they would have to limit data gather rules on the platform as a whole for people of all ages
 
Rosebud

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I'm so glad this didn't existed when I was 10-13. It was bad enough without expositiion and comparisons.
 
John Kowalski

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Unless they quadruple their investment in harassment prevention, this will probably be a very bad idea.

Actually make that sextuple.
 
caliph95

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I get that it's probably meant to be like a sfw instagram for kids to post dumb pics of their dogs or dances

But nah this feels like it would easily go wrong
 
caliph95

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EatChildren said:
A social media content sharing platform built specifically as a place to organise and consolidate photos of children, accessible anywhere on the internet by effectively anyone, policed primarily by an algorithm, from a company with an effortlessly scrutinisable history of effective content management and action against predatory and abusive behaviour.

What could possibly go wrong?
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Yep nothing wrong or ripe for abuse here
 
Cation

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Oct 28, 2017
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Ah, so they can create a base that is addicted to whatever their algorithm wants at a young age? Smh, this def will be abused
 
Kinsei

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This is a horrible idea.

It's far too easy to lie about your age on the Internet.
 
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