{"id":394959,"date":"2019-02-02T13:45:21","date_gmt":"2019-02-02T12:45:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/prison-planet-com-facebooks-own-safety-advisor-admits-the-social-media-giant-has-a-lax-approach-to-child-protection-as-creepy-research-app-that-spie\/"},"modified":"2019-02-02T13:45:21","modified_gmt":"2019-02-02T12:45:21","slug":"prison-planet-com-facebooks-own-safety-advisor-admits-the-social-media-giant-has-a-lax-approach-to-child-protection-as-creepy-research-app-that-spie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/prison-planet-com-facebooks-own-safety-advisor-admits-the-social-media-giant-has-a-lax-approach-to-child-protection-as-creepy-research-app-that-spie\/","title":{"rendered":"Prison Planet.com \u00bb Facebook\u2019s OWN safety advisor admits the social media giant has a \u2018lax\u2019 approach to child protection as creepy \u2018research\u2019 app that spied on teens in exchange for money did NOT need parental permission"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>      <!-- START CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sciencetech\/article-6656725\/Facebooks-safety-advisor-admits-social-media-giant-lax-approach-child-protection.html\"><strong>Daily Mail<\/strong><\/a><br \/>February 1, 2019<\/p>\n<p><strong>An independent child safety advisor for Facebook has spoke out against the social media giant and slammed its approach to child protection. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The comments come just days after Facebook\u2019s COO Sheryl Sandberg defended the app that spied on teenagers. <\/p>\n<p>Stephen Balkam, CEO of the Family Online Safety Institute says Facebook\u2019s \u2018rather lax approach\u2019 was \u2018most concerning\u2019.  <\/p>\n<p>Reports found the only child safeguard in place for the data pillaging app the platform was a tickbox which could be selected by the teen without parental oversight. <\/p>\n<p>The \u2018research\u2019 app was banned by Apple after the company said the app violated its privacy and data collection rules but is still operational on Android.  <\/p>\n<p>Tests conducted by a BBC journalist found youngsters were easily able to sign up without getting permission.  <\/p>\n<p>\u2018Facebook Atlas is a questionable programme on a number of fronts,\u2019 said Mr Balkam, chief executive of the Family Online Safety Institute and a member of \u2018Facebook\u2019s Safety Advisory Board.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sciencetech\/article-6656725\/Facebooks-safety-advisor-admits-social-media-giant-lax-approach-child-protection.html\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>      <!-- END CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p style=\"color:#333; font-size:11px;\">This article was posted: Friday, February 1, 2019  at  8:03 am<\/p>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/><!-- share and follow --><br \/>\n      <!-- end of share and follow --><\/p>\n<div class=\"print_sub\">\n<h3 class=\"sub_titles\">&#13;<br \/>\n        \t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/facebooks-own-safety-advisor-admits-the-social-media-giant-has-a-lax-approach-to-child-protection-as-creepy-research-app-that-spied-on-teens-in-exchange-for-money-did-not-need-parental-permi.html\/print\/\" title=\"Print\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"WP-PrintIcon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-print\/images\/printer_famfamfam.gif\" alt=\"Print\" title=\"Print\" style=\"border: 0px;\"\/><\/a><br \/>\nPrint this page.<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<p><!--\n      \n\n<div class=\"nextpage\">\n              <\/div>\n\n \n -->    <\/p>\n<p><!--\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Gm2pZEeYN0E?list=UUvsye7V9psc-APX6wV1twLg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n--><\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/facebooks-own-safety-advisor-admits-the-social-media-giant-has-a-lax-approach-to-child-protection-as-creepy-research-app-that-spied-on-teens-in-exchange-for-money-did-not-need-parental-permi.html\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daily MailFebruary 1, 2019 An independent child safety advisor for Facebook has spoke out against the social media giant and slammed its approach to child protection. 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