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Age Appropriate Design: Assessment of TikTok, Twitch, and YouTube Kids

Franqueira, Virginia N. L. and Annor, Jessica A. and Kafalı, Özgur (2022) Age Appropriate Design: Assessment of TikTok, Twitch, and YouTube Kids. [Preprint] (doi:10.48550/arXiv.2208.02638) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:97949)

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https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2208.02638

Abstract

The presence of children in the online world is increasing at a rapid pace. As children interact with services such as video sharing, live streaming, and gaming, a number of concerns arise regarding their security and privacy as well as their safety. To address such concerns, the UK's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) sets out 15 criteria alongside a risk management process for developers of online services for children. We present an analysis of 15 ICO criteria for age appropriate design. More precisely, we investigate whether those criteria provide actionable requirements for developers and whether video sharing and live streaming platforms that are used by children of different age ranges (i.e., TikTok, Twitch and YouTube Kids) comply with them. Our findings regarding the ICO criteria suggest that some criteria such as age verification and transparency provide adequate guidance for assessment whereas other criteria such as parental controls, reporting of inappropriate content, and handling of sensitive data need further clarification. Our findings regarding the platforms themselves suggest that they choose to implement the simplest form of self-declared age verification with limited parental controls and plenty of opportunities.

Item Type: Preprint
DOI/Identification number: 10.48550/arXiv.2208.02638
Refereed: No
Other identifier: https://arxiv.org/abs/2208.02638
Name of pre-print platform: arXiv
Uncontrolled keywords: Online services, Protection of Children, Video sharing and streaming, Compliance, Data Protection Impact Assessment
Subjects: Q Science > QA Mathematics (inc Computing science) > QA 76 Software, computer programming, > QA76.9.H85 Human computer interaction
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Computing, Engineering and Mathematical Sciences > School of Computing
University-wide institutes > Institute of Cyber Security for Society
Funders: University of Kent (https://ror.org/00xkeyj56)
Depositing User: Virginia Franqueira
Date Deposited: 13 Nov 2022 14:34 UTC
Last Modified: 10 Oct 2023 11:10 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/97949 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

University of Kent Author Information

Franqueira, Virginia N. L..

Creator's ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1332-9115
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Kafalı, Özgur.

Creator's ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9296-2087
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