Children The Technology Secretary said that the youth may have to face the limit of using the social media app to help “keep control over their online life”.
Peter Kyle Said that he wanted to deal with “binding behavior” and the minister is allegedly considering a two -hour limit, in which curfew is also under discussion.
The cabinet minister said that he would make an announcement about his plans for the under -16 “in the near future”.
He told Sky News: “I am looking very carefully about the overall time spent on these apps.
“I think some parents feel a little dissatisfied about making their children healthy online.
“I think some children feel that sometimes with interaction with apps that they require some help to control their online life and are things that I really look carefully.”
Sky reported that a two-hour cap per platform is being considered, while night time or school-time curfew has also been discussed.
Mr. Kyle said: “We talk a lot about the offline of a healthy childhood. We need to do the same online.
“I think sleep is very important, it is very important to be able to focus on studies.”
He said that he wanted to “tip the balance” in favor of the parents, so they were not “always those who are ripping the phone from the hands of children”.
Mr. Kyle also said that it was “total madness” that some adult children were able to use apps or gaming platforms to contact online.
He said, “Many apps or companies have taken action to ban contacts that are with adults, especially strangers, children, but we need to go further”.
“At the moment, I think the balance has been given a little bit in the wrong direction.
“Parents feel that they have a grip on skills, tools or actually on childhood experience, how much time they are looking, they think they are protected from unhealthy activity or material when children are online.”
In a separate interview with the parenting site Mamsnet, Mr. Kyle said that he was “deeply concerned” about the addiction being used by children.
Speaking to Mumsnet founder Justin Roberts on Monday, the Technology Secretary said he would “perform hard on age verification”.
He said: “I think we can have a national conversation about what a healthy childhood looks online.
“We offline it all the time. Parents do curfew and diet and exercise as part of a language and exercise as a vocabulary within families.
“We do not have the national debate what health looks and a healthy childhood still resembles online.”
Schools In February last year, non-constitutional government guidance was given in England, which aims to prevent the use of phone during school day.
But conservative calls are calling Labor Government to bring a legal ban on smartphones in schools.
Mr. Kyle said: “The smartphone should not be used regularly in schools.
“Now, there may be some classes where they are brought to the classroom due to a specific purpose, but it must be determined and it should be exception not ideal.”
He said: “If we need to work hard on it, then we will work hard on it.
“But please think very carefully about asking politicians to pass a law that crimes by definition.
“Because if you pass a law that does not criminalize, it is not a law that means anything”.
A series of measures already declared for the safety of children will be applicable from Friday.
The code of practice prescribed by Tomcom requires firms to ensure that any algorithm used to recommend materials on their platforms must be configured to filter harmful materials from children’s feeds.
In addition, the most risky platforms, such as hosting pornography, must have an effective age check to identify which users are children.
Czech facial age estimates can be done using technology, asking users to provide photo-ID for verification or credit card check.
