Microsoft pushes digital ids for kids online
InternetNews | at | by Mike
A Microsoft white paper suggesting that children get digital identity cards to verify their age and better protect them online. But not everyone is convinced it's the right approach.
"It's not 100 percent clear to me that there's a compelling reason to validate the age of kids going to a social networking site," Larry Magid, a technology journalist, child safety advocate and member of the Internet Safety Task Force, told InternetNews.com. "Is the solution going to be worse than the problem?"
Microsoft's suggestion came in July in response to the ISTF's call for solutions. The plan would require that government, schools, or private companies certify children's identities and ages based on personal documents like birth certificates.