Google will release children's version of YouTube, Chrome and search service

Google Inc. announced the beginning of work on children's versions of some of its software products, for example, Chrome and YouTube. Is likely to be introduced and adapted version of the search service. "Baby" - means that the services and software adapted for children under 13 years. Exit "children" of Google services is scheduled for 2015, a more exact date is not called.

По Vice President of Engineering Google Pawnee Divanzhi (Pavni Diwanji), the company decided to take this step because today's children now becoming familiar with the network from an early age, despite the fact that most services allow the user to start an account only if that user is already 13 years old.

However, no age verification is made (and hardly expedient to introduce such a test). That is why you chose to run adapted for children software products that allow the child to become not just a consumer, but also a creator of anything (but does not specify how this will be achieved). Google search engine for children will give adapted for the child results, excluding "adult" dual query results. Pawnee Divanzhi cited as an example of his daughter attempts to find information about "Thomas small train» ( Thomas the Tank Engine ). Daughter introduced into the search engine the word «train», and eventually got the train schedule from the service Amtrak.

The initiative is certainly interesting, but on the way to implement such a project - many obstacles, including human rights children's organizations, and most importantly - the law «Online Privacy Protection Act» (COPPA). This law specifies what information about users who are under 13 years old may be used, and what information these users can be demonstrated. And since Google is actively collecting available information about its users, the company can be a problem. For example, earlier in the year was наложен a fine of 450 thousand dollars on Yelp , namely for violating COPPA. Do you think the idea of a successful Google?

Yes, under normal implementation

No, it's too much

I less than 13 years, and parents will swear, if I participate in this poll Only registered users can vote in polls. Sign , please. 579 people voted. 63 people abstained.

Source: geektimes.ru/post/242502/

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