He People’s Party registered in the Congress more than fifty amendments to the government’s bill on the protection of minors in the digital environment, including the prohibition of access to social networks for minors under the age of 16 without the express consent of parents.
THE assistant secretary Cuca Gamarra explained in a press release sent by the formation that with this package of amendments, they aim to “improve the protection of minors and help families”, always in a manner “constructive” to “improve the Government’s proposal”. Among the main measuresthe PP proposed banning entry to social networks minors under 16 years of age, with the exception of those between 14 and 16 years of age and who have the “express and verifiable” consent of parents or legal guardians.
Furthermore, in the latter case, they advocated the creation of a calendar of digital break for these minors it would go from 10:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. at 8:00 a.m. To make all this possible, the Popular Party proposed bonds for the digital platformswhich must control the access of minors, label content and enable anonymous and confidential reporting mechanisms against cyberbullying.
For its part, it will also be obligatory that there be parental control preinstalled in the devices with internet connection and that basic training is offered to parents at points of sale. With its proposals, the PP argued that it intended to provide more tools has families to protect minors, including access to devices and geolocation systems with express consent.
Criminal measures against suicide, addictions and “bullying”
The PP also proposed to update the legislation so that he Penal Code can be applied to new circumstances derived from the use of social networks. Thus, the PP amendments requested prison sentences for the one who spreads content that incite suicide, promote dangerous viral challenges or unsafe eating practices for minors.
On the other hand, compared to case of school bullyingthe PP called for reforming the law on criminal liability of minors to protect victims from aggressors, including the ban on digital contacts. In this sense, the training also considered the protection minors against algorithms who can manipulate your behavior through abusive persuasive design techniques.
child pornography
In turn, the People’s Party withdrew the expression “not consented” considering that it cannot exist child pornography legal, therefore any distribution of this type of content is illegal. In this sense, the PP has also included in child pornography any sexual content generated by Artificial intelligence which realistically depicts a minor.
For the latter, the training required putting in place monitoring And coordination with the platforms to immediately detect and remove any material affecting minors. In addition, they requested the implementation of agile protocols of complaint and withdrawal any content of a sexual or intimate nature involving minors.
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