Japan Eyes Stricter Social Media Age Checks to Protect Youths
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Japan eyes stricter social media age checks to protect youths
Japan must strengthen the responsibilities of social media operators by requiring them to perform stricter age verification and restrict some features, but a blanket age-based ban, such as those seen in other countries, may not be appropriate, a government panel said Tuesday.
On the 2nd, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications released a draft report from an expert panel outlining measures to protect young people using social networking sites (SNS). The main points of the report include strengthening the responsibilities of SNS operators to reduce dependence on the service and the mental and physical burden it places on users, and calling for stricter age verification and appropriate function restrictions.
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