Meta in Talks with Seoul on Social Media Restrictions for Children
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Meta in talks with Seoul on social media restrictions for children
Meta Platforms, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, said Thursday it is in talks with the Korean government on measures to limit children's use of social media. Philip Chua, Meta's Asia-Pacific general manager for product public policy, made the remarks during a "Screen Smart" roundtable in Seoul. He said Meta has been discussing with the Korean government what measures would be appropriate to protect teenagers from online harm on soci…
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Kwon Ha-young = Meta is discussing youth protection measures, such as limiting the time teenagers spend using social networking services (SNS), with the Korean government...
Meta is currently consulting with the Korean government regarding restrictions on youth social media usage time. It is reviewing the two-hour daily usage limit and late-night blocking measures implemented in the United States, and plans to strengthen protection modes by extending the youth account features applied to Instagram and Facebook to Threads.
[Digital Daily Reporter Chae Seong-oh] Meta, the operator of Facebook and Instagram, stated that a more realistic solution is to apply age-appropriate protection settings by default and grant parents the authority to adjust them, rather than enacting regulations that blanketly block youth use of social media. They are also discussing youth protection measures tailored to the Korean government and domestic circumstances, including usage time limi…
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