Proposal: European Commission maintains close access to Facebook for children under 16 years – EN Journal

The European Commission wants to force social networks, like Facebook, to close access to children under 16 years. The goal is to prevent the disclosure of personal information of minors and ensure that parents give explicit consent at the time to fill out

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If you are under 13 years and is reading this news on Facebook, do not worry: already lied in age to open an account

Parents do have reasons. to worry about. The European Commission wants to raise the minimum age for a teenager to open an account on Facebook or another social network, which will only be possible (if the proposal go forward) from 16 years.

The social network created Mark Zuckerberg already prohibits children under 13 are members, but does not verify the information and just a child lying in the year of birth to create an account

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The intention of the European Commission, which wants to see the measures already implemented this year, is to ensure greater protection of personal data, especially for minors

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The package of measures provides that adolescents aged 16 to 18 have to get a permission from their parents (or guardians) to open an account in social networks or services like Instagram and snapchat, beyond already mentioned Facebook.

“This ban will affect millions of children and adolescents who need to get permission from their parents to use the Internet services,” said a source at a US technology company, quoted by newspaper Expansion.

“And it will be not only to open a profile on social networks, but also to use services such as email and download apps,” he said the same source.

The new legislation proposed by the European Commission is another battle in the long-standing war Brussels with the giants of technology, such as Google, Facebook and Twitter, the three companies that recently even accused Europe to come up with proposals without even consulting child rights protection organizations.

In the US, an organization of these (and which counts among the 21 members with the three quoted companies ) has said that there is no valid reason for the European Commission to increase the minimum age (for 16 years) access to social networks.