{"id":4297,"date":"2022-01-09T15:39:41","date_gmt":"2022-01-09T14:39:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/01\/09\/uk-data-watchdog-seeks-talks-with-meta-over-child-protection-concerns\/"},"modified":"2022-01-09T15:39:41","modified_gmt":"2022-01-09T14:39:41","slug":"uk-data-watchdog-seeks-talks-with-meta-over-child-protection-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/01\/09\/uk-data-watchdog-seeks-talks-with-meta-over-child-protection-concerns\/","title":{"rendered":"UK data watchdog seeks talks with Meta over child protection concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Campaigners say lack of parental controls on Oculus Quest 2 virtual reality headset could breach children\u2019s safety code <\/p>\n<p>The UK\u2019s data watchdog is seeking clarification from Mark Zuckerberg\u2019s Meta about parental controls on its popular virtual reality headset, as campaigners warned that it could breach an online children\u2019s safety code.<\/p>\n<p>The Information Commissioner\u2019s Office said it was planning \u201cfurther discussions\u201d with the Facebook and Instagram owner about its \u00a3300 Oculus Quest 2 device, which was a sought-after gift over Christmas. However, child safety experts have warned that the headset\u2019s lack of parental controls \u2013 which would allow parents to block content that could be harmful to children \u2013 expose young users to the threat of abuse on the platform.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2022\/jan\/09\/uk-data-watchdog-seeks-talks-with-meta-over-child-protection-concerns\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/ca49498f8abcfbf70f065c452c5f3b981359a3da\/0_264_7921_4755\/master\/7921.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=a88e3a64c33385813f8cd369acfda436\" title=\"UK data watchdog seeks talks with Meta over child protection concerns\" \/>Campaigners say lack of parental controls on Oculus Quest 2 virtual reality headset could breach children\u2019s safety code<br \/>\nThe UK\u2019s data watchdog is seeking clarification from Mark Zuckerberg\u2019s Meta about parental controls on its popular virtual reality headset, as campaigners warned that it could breach an online children\u2019s safety code.<br \/>\nThe Information Commissioner\u2019s Office said it was planning \u201cfurther discussions\u201d with the Facebook and Instagram owner about its \u00a3300 Oculus Quest 2 device, which was a sought-after gift over Christmas. However, child safety experts have warned that the headset\u2019s lack of parental controls \u2013 which would allow parents to block content that could be harmful to children \u2013 expose young users to the threat of abuse on the platform. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Campaigners say lack of parental controls on Oculus Quest 2 virtual reality headset could breach children\u2019s safety code The UK\u2019s data watchdog is seeking clarification from Mark Zuckerberg\u2019s Meta about parental controls on its popular virtual reality headset, as campaigners warned that it could breach an online children\u2019s safety code. The Information Commissioner\u2019s Office said &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/01\/09\/uk-data-watchdog-seeks-talks-with-meta-over-child-protection-concerns\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">UK data watchdog seeks talks with Meta over child protection concerns<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":4298,"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\/4297"}],"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=4297"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4297\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}