As part of
a new policy, Facebook and Instagram will start blocking people
under 18 years from viewing sexual content from as early as next year. The
online platforms will hide suggestive adverts and pictures such as art
depicting sexual activity, which are otherwise allowed.
Teenagers
under the age of 18 will be banned from viewing sexualised adverts, fictional
depictions of sex and artistic portrayals of nudity or sex acts, among others,
the Daily Telegraph reports, adding that the restrictions, which are due to
come in on both platforms, will rely solely on teenagers inputting their own
ages, making it easy for them to lie and view inappropriate content
anyway.
Andy Burrows, the NSPCC head of child safety online
policy said “It is good to see Facebook
taking steps in recognition of the fact that there is content on their
platforms that's unsuitable for children. But these measures look like little
more than tinkering around the edges, rather than tackling the more profound
clear-cut dangers from grooming and abuse every day on their platforms. Facebook
already has the tech to micro-target ads at under-18s so we simply can't
understand why they won't use the same tech to put safeguards in place.”
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