Iqembu labameli babathengi abangama-22, eliholwa yi-Institute of Public Representation yeGeorgetown University School of Law (United States), lethule isikhalazo esisemthethweni ngokumelene neGoogle ngoLwesithathu.
Lesi sikhungo sicele iFederal Trade Commission ukuthi iphenye ukuthi ngabe le nkampani idukise abazali ngokukhuthaza izicelo zezingane ezingaphula umthetho we-Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) nezinqubomgomo zeGoogle uqobo.
"Imodeli yebhizinisi lomkhakha wesigaba se-Play Store izuzisa abakhangisi, abathuthukisi, kanye ne-Google ngenxa yezingane nabazali," kusho uJosh Golin, umqondisi omkhulu we-Campaign for Commercial-Free Childhood, esitatimendeni ngaphambi kokukhomba. Futhi nalokhu okulandelayo : «I-Google ifaka isitembu sayo semvume kuzinhlelo zokusebenza ezephula umthetho, bakhohlise izingane ukuze zibone izikhangiso futhi zithenge.
Izibonelo ezicashunwe kwisikhalazo zifaka izicelo "Isikhungo Sezemfundo Yasenkulisa" kanye ne- "Top 28 Nursery Rhymes and Song", efinyelela indawo yomsebenzisi, ngokuya ngokuhlaziywa ngabacwaningi bobumfihlo be-AppCensus. Ezinye izinhlelo zokusebenza, ezinjenge- "Baby Panda's Carnival" ne- "Design It Girl - Fashion Salon," beziphakathi kwalabo ababhalisiwe abathumela idatha yokuhlonza amadivayisi ezinkampanini zobuchwepheshe besikhangiso, ezibavumela ukuthi bakhe iphrofayili yomsebenzisi.
Isikhalazo sibuye sigqamise eziningana izinhlelo zokusebenza ezingahle zingalungeli iminyakakufaka phakathi i- "Kids Dentist Game" evumela isidlali ukuthi sisebenzise isibhamu esibonakalayo esigulini ngemuva komphimbo. Omunye umdlalo, "Doctor X kanye ne-Urban Heroes," udinga abadlali ukuthi bakhiphe izingubo zesiguli. Izinhlelo zokusebenza eziningi nazo zagqanyiswa ezazidinga ukuthengwa okweqile ukuze kuqhubeke ukuzisebenzisa, ngokusho kwabanye abazali nabaqaphi.
Okhulumela i-Google uthe inkampani ithatha "lezi zinkinga ngokungathi sína kakhulu futhi iyaqhubeka nokusebenza kanzima ukususa noma yikuphi okuqukethwe okubhekiswe ngokungafanele ezinganeni ezivela engxenyeni yethu."
“Abazali bafuna izingane zabo ziphephe kwi-inthanethi futhi sisebenza kanzima ukuzivikela. Izicelo kuhlelo lwethu lokudizayinelwe imindeni kufanele zithobele okuqukethwe okuqinile, ubumfihlo nezinqubomgomo zokukhangisa, futhi sithatha izinyathelo kunoma yikuphi ukwephulwa kwenqubomgomo esikutholayo"Kusho okhulumela i-Google esitatimendeni.
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