Zuckerberg urged to nix kids’ version of Instagram

Instagram recently unveiled technology aimed at preventing underage children from creating accounts and blocking adults from contacting young users they don’t know, but the children’s advocates were dubious about the proposed youth version. — AFP

SAN FRANCISCO: Advocates for children from around the world urged Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg on April 15 to ditch plans for a version of Instagram geared toward pre-teens.

Campaign for a Commercial-free Childhood and the Electronic Privacy Information Center were among nearly 100 groups and individuals from North America, Europe, Africa and Australia to make the plea in a letter to Zuckerberg.