[Research] Criteria on Age-appropriateness

[natashaannn]

How do we rate what content is safe for what age? What are the factors contributing to it?

It would be good to come up with a list of factors that are research-backed, so that we can later on codify these criterion for our solution features.

Common Sense Media, a 20 year old non-profit based in the US for kids cyber safety, has age ratings for various form of media. They do not exactly release criteria on how they determine this, but some information can be inferred from their site.

There are also various regulations in different countries:

• https://www.imda.gov.sg/regulations-and-licensing-listing/content-standards-and-classification/standards-and-classification/internet/online-safety
• https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/online-safety-act-explainer/online-safety-act-explainer

We will need to do extensive research into this to determine our criteria that we can best start off with.

[natashaannn]

Good to refer to online safety reports by individual social media companies, there are various criterions: https://www.imda.gov.sg/regulations-and-licensing-listing/content-standards-and-classification/standards-and-classification/internet/online-safety

Note: Instagram allows users to have social media 13 onwards, and anyone 13-17 is referred to as a teen

[natashaannn]

https://takeitdown.ncmec.org

Meta supports this non profit platform to help remove online nude, partially nude, or sexually explicit photos and videos taken before you were 18.

[natashaannn]

Potential partners derived from Meta:
Meta also consults with experts on the Media Literacy Council (MLC) and at
the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) and the Centre for Trusted Internet and Community
(CTIC) at the National University of Singapore (NUS), as well as government partners such
as the Ministry of Digital Development and Information’s (MDDI) Digital Readiness and Literacy and Wellness / DfL Learning Design department.