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WIRED Awake March 1: YouTube will no longer allow comments on videos of children

YouTube will no longer allow comments on videos of children YouTube has  announced  that it is going to indefinitely suspend comments on all videos of young children, as well as "videos featuring older minors that could be at risk of attracting predatory behavior" ( Ars Technica ). The decision follows revelations last week, confirmed in an  investigation by WIRED , that paedophiles were active in the comments sections of videos of young girls. Some content creators will be allowed to keep the comment sections enabled on videos of their children if they commit to moderating them and "demonstrate a low risk of predatory behavior...

COMPUTING & GAMES from The Verge - Gaming Posts for 02/27/2019

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WIRED Awake February 28: TikTok fined for failure to protect children's data

TikTok fined for failure to protect children's data TikTok, the short video app that's proved  wildly popular  with younger internet users, has been fined a record $5.7m (£4.3m) by the US Federal Trade Commission for failing to identify and adequately protect the data of children using it ( BBC News ). To comply with FTC regulations, as well as now asking whether users are over 13 and deleting content uploaded by underage users, TikTok is launching a US-only app "experience" with extremely limited functionality for those under 13. Read More ...