Source: [Kunming Daily-Pocket Spring City] Summer vacation is approaching, and the issue of Internet use by minors has attracted more attention. On June 27, WeChat officially launched the youth mode payment limit function. After updating the phone to WeChat Android version 8.0.23

Source: [Kunming Daily-Pocket Spring City]

Summer vacation is coming

The issue of Internet use by minors has attracted attention again

On June 27, WeChat officially launched the youth mode payment limit function . After updating the phone to WeChat Android version 8.0.23, parents or guardians can set WeChat payment limits in youth mode, including "daily consumption limit" and "single consumption limit". After completing the settings, teenagers will be subject to the set limit when using WeChat Pay. The specific method is: after entering WeChat, set it through "Me-Settings-Youth Mode-WeChat Payment".

Regarding this

many netizens said

this function is good and very thoughtful

Some netizens said

Adults said I like this function very much, please limit me too

But some netizens also raised questions

Many children now do not have it at all No., they all use their parents’ mobile phones to play

and the final payment is still their parents’ mobile phones

. In recent years, online game recharge, live streaming rewards, video payment, etc. are all full of minors. However, most minors do not yet have full capacity for civil conduct, so they often cannot resist the temptation during online consumption and fall into the "trap" of huge rewards and recharges. Although these consumption funds may be refunded afterwards, the harm to minors is irreparable.

In March this year, the Cyberspace Administration of China issued the "Regulations on the Internet Protection of Minors (Draft for Comments)" which mentioned that online service providers such as online games and live broadcasts should reasonably restrict the rights of minors in using online products and services. The amount of single consumption and the amount of accumulated consumption in a single day shall not be provided to minors for paid services that are inconsistent with their civil capacity. The implementation of the regulations is inseparable from the blessing of technology. The new features launched by the social platform are equivalent to establishing a protective wall for minors’ online consumption.

Minors have the right to use CNKI and may engage in consumer behavior. However, taking into account the cognitive ability, self-control and financial capabilities of the underage group, it is necessary to set a reasonable upper limit on the amount of consumption to prevent them from doing whatever they want. Otherwise, it will easily become an "8-year-old boy playing games and spending his mother's life-saving money" Extreme consequences such as "a 12-year-old girl rewards the anchor more than 100,000 yuan an hour".

But how to prevent minors from renting or buying accounts, pretending to be parents to avoid youth mode, and ensuring that they do not use other people’s identities for consumption?

From a technical perspective, there are sufficient conditions to distinguish whether a consumer is a minor. Platforms should "keep their territory and fulfill their responsibilities", use facial recognition and other biometric technologies to better verify the "real identity" of users, and promptly intercept illegal recharges and consumption by minors. At the same time, it should be noted that online accounts can easily escape supervision, causing newly introduced restrictive functions to encounter obstacles at the implementation level. Relevant authorities should also actively carry out special management, keep an eye on the black hands that reach out to minors, and continue to crack down on the renting and selling of online accounts.

But the most important thing is that as the saying goes, “the person who untie the bell must tie the bell.” Only when guardians take the initiative to fulfill their responsibilities and do not leave room for minors to impersonate adult online accounts can the function of “restricting consumption” be implemented effectively. In this regard, on the one hand, parents cannot let mobile phones replace companionship, and they cannot provide mobile phones to minors at will to prevent the latter from using their own identities to register online accounts. On the other hand, minors must also be educated to guide them to correctly understand and use the Internet, establish correct values ​​​​and consumption concepts, and prevent addiction to it and unrestricted consumption.

Restricting online consumption by minors is an obligation to fulfill the provisions of the "Minor Protection Law". In order to achieve the expected results of relevant regulations and software functions, regulatory authorities, platforms and parents must work together in a multi-pronged manner to form a joint force. Strictly limit the behavior of minors to "teen mode". Only in this way can restrictions on consumption truly make sense.

Comprehensive compilation of Pocket Spring City

Source: Red Pepper Reviews, Guangming.com, Sina Weibo netizen comments

Editor-in-charge: Xu Yanru

Editor-in-Chief: Liu Ying

Final review: Zhou Jianjun

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