Tuesday, August 10, 2021, 20:08
The technological giant Google presented a series of online security measures for minors on Tuesday, including private configuration for videos uploaded by adolescents and protection for The advertisements that are shown to users under the age of 18.
The new provisions and tools, which occur in the midst of greater care for the exploitation and safety of minors in a time of growing use of the internet during Global Pandemic, influence the Google YouTube video platform, as well as the online services, such as Search and Google Assistant.
“As children and adolescents spend more time online, his parents, educators, safety and privacy experts for children and those responsible for policy formulation delivered on how they can keep safe,” said Mindy Brooks, director of products and experiences of the Google user user.
“We regularly communicate with these groups and share these worries,” said Brooks.
Google’s “Safe Search”, which excludes sensitive or adult content, will be the standard configuration for users under the age of 18, who had so far only been the case for users under the age of 13.
On the popular YouTube platform, The content of 13 to 17 years will be robbed privatelyannounced the technological giant.
“With private costs, the content can only be seen by the user and those who choose,” said a blog post by James Besser, head of the administration of YouTube children and family products.
“We want to help younger users make informed decisions about their presence online and digital privacy,” he added.
Google will also facilitate families for the elimination of the photos of a child from image search assignments.
In another of the regular security measures, Google will deactivate the history of the locations for all users under the age of 18 in the worldWithout an option to re -activate it. This system is already in force for children under 13 hours.
