{"id":14371,"date":"2024-05-08T07:38:20","date_gmt":"2024-05-08T05:38:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/08\/tech-firms-must-tame-algorithms-under-ofcom-child-safety-rules\/"},"modified":"2024-05-08T07:38:20","modified_gmt":"2024-05-08T05:38:20","slug":"tech-firms-must-tame-algorithms-under-ofcom-child-safety-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/08\/tech-firms-must-tame-algorithms-under-ofcom-child-safety-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"Tech firms must \u2018tame\u2019 algorithms under Ofcom child safety rules"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Regulator calls on social media firms to use robust age checks to keep harmful content away from children<\/p>\n<p>Social media firms have been told to \u201ctame aggressive algorithms\u201d that recommend harmful content to children, as part of Ofcom\u2019s new safety codes of practice.<\/p>\n<p>The children\u2019s safety codes, introduced as part of the Online Safety Act, let Ofcom set new, tight rules for internet companies and how they can interact with children. It calls on services to make their platforms child-safe by default or implement robust age checks to identify children and give them safer versions of the experience.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/media\/article\/2024\/may\/08\/tech-firms-must-tame-algorithms-under-ofcom-child-safety-rules\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/77244fa3bc69530f5ae49b0be241187e1293af90\/0_122_3500_2100\/master\/3500.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=5d7bc05715676a81d845133e20c60bfc\" title=\"Tech firms must \u2018tame\u2019 algorithms under Ofcom child safety rules\" \/>Regulator calls on social media firms to use robust age checks to keep harmful content away from children<br \/>\nSocial media firms have been told to \u201ctame aggressive algorithms\u201d that recommend harmful content to children, as part of Ofcom\u2019s new safety codes of practice.<br \/>\nThe children\u2019s safety codes, introduced as part of the Online Safety Act, let Ofcom set new, tight rules for internet companies and how they can interact with children. It calls on services to make their platforms child-safe by default or implement robust age checks to identify children and give them safer versions of the experience. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Regulator calls on social media firms to use robust age checks to keep harmful content away from children Social media firms have been told to \u201ctame aggressive algorithms\u201d that recommend harmful content to children, as part of Ofcom\u2019s new safety codes of practice. The children\u2019s safety codes, introduced as part of the Online Safety Act, &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/08\/tech-firms-must-tame-algorithms-under-ofcom-child-safety-rules\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Tech firms must \u2018tame\u2019 algorithms under Ofcom child safety rules<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":14372,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14371"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14371"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14371\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}