European Countries "aren't Doing Enough To Protect Kids From Facebook"

[DJ aka GDR DJ]

Children Across Europe should be educated on the dangers of sites like Facebook, as part of a greater drive to safeguard them from dangers online – but member states are falling short, according to a European report published this morning.

The European Commission’s report, reviewing how individual member states are implementing a series of recommendations on protecting children in the digital world, says that only ten EU member states have introduced guidelines for socialnetworking users.

Ireland is not among the ten countries that had adopted such guidelines.

“Given the massive expansion of social working sites, operators’ control systems fall short of covering all the potential risks in an efficient and consistent manner,” the report found.

While individual networking sites were rolling out features to help children report cases of cyber-bullying, grooming and similar issues, the report complained that these features were only being rolled out on a case-by-case.

It also said the use of ‘privacy by default’ settings was not very widespread on networking sites.

Member states who do not already have guidelines for social networking have been encouraged to sign up to the EU’s own set of safer social networking principles.

The report, which has been prepared for the European Parliament, also encouraged internet providers to do more to publicise their hotlines for inappropriate content.

It also said that while the sale of video games was regulated in shops across the continent, to ensure that children of certain ages were not able to buy games with violent or adult themes, there was little or no regulation for similarly-themed games playable online.

European digital agenda commissioner Neelie Kroes said Europe needed to “step up a gear on what we do, and how we work together, to empower and protect children in this ever changing digital world.

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[Kat0n]

It's the role of the parents to protect their children against the dangers of the social network .....

[ajnl]

It's the role of the parents to protect their children against the dangers of the social network .....

 

I completely agree, its not the government's job to worry about that! Same with wearing seat belts in a car, the parents should be smart enough to do it themselves and teach their children to do it.

[Nordwolf]

!ban facebook 9999999999999999999999999999999999999999999d Social networks suck!

[brynne]

!ban facebook 9999999999999999999999999999999999999999999d Social networks suck!

Stop! FACEBOOK is LIFE! i cant live without that!

[rolf]

It's the role of the parents to protect their children against the dangers of the social network .....

There are enough parents which are incapable of being a parent; the children don't learn it?

 

 

The main problem with social networks (internet), is that if you put something online, it will remain online forever. That might be the problem for kids, they do not understand that (yet). We, in our life full of experiences, know that already.

 

That, only then others will know too

[Kat0n]

!ban facebook 9999999999999999999999999999999999999999999d Social networks suck!

Lol, do you realize that the forum (not especially the =F|A= forum, but all the forums) is a kind of social network ?

 

There are enough parents which are incapable of being a parent; the children don't learn it?

Are u sure that the children always realize that their parents are incapable to take care of them?

[rolf]

Are u sure that the children always realize that their parents are incapable to take care of them?

Is the knowledge of the children required to identify parents as incapable?

[Kat0n]

No.

[Jefke]

l000llllll

 

meanwhile in sgw Belgium:

 

teacher against children: 'Do you know how to open powerpoint, can't find it?'

 

 

So what do you expect XD

 

 

but indeed it's a job for the parents to inform the children and take action (parental control ftw => took me 10 min to find a way to ignore parental controle but meh ...)