At 12, Romane has her own smartphone with parental controls. “I was blocked Youtube to prevent me from going on it and there is some stuff I don’t have access to on Google, etc …”, explains the teenager. Parental control is a device to protect minors on the Internet but which is still very little used.
In his class, Roman remains an exception: “Most of my friends don’t have parental controls, they can access any site anytime, he says, but also to Youtube videos not necessarily for our age, video games prohibited at least 18 years old. ”
A bill to facilitate the installation of parental controls is examined on Wednesday January 12 by the Committee for Cultural Affairs of the National Assembly. It will then be debated in the hemicycle from January 18-19. According to this text, presented as part of an accelerated procedure, manufacturers and internet providers must systematically offer a parental control system.
According to several studies, less than half of parents install this type of device. “Not used enough, a minority of children are protected”, Bruno says indignantly Studer, the author of the proposed law.“These are tools which are for some very efficient hence the idea of proposing their generalization”, explains the deputy.
If the bill is adopted, manufacturers such as Apple, Samsung or Asus will have to install parental controls on all their devices, to be activated or not during the first configuration. “These mega-manufacturers will have to adapt their products at no extra cost”, explains Bruno Struder.
“Parental control is a step that must become essential in our daily life.”
Bruno Studer, author of the billto franceinfo
Contrary to what Emmanuel Macron proposed, the idea of parental filtering activated by default has been abandoned. Legally, it could not have happened according to the deputy. The majority hope for adoption before the end of the parliamentary session, at the end of February 2022.