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    Google now lets users ask for images of minors to be removed from Search

    by 
    Steve Dent
    Steve Dent
    10.27.2021

    Google has activated a safety feature that lets minors under 18 request that images of themselves be removed from search results.

  • Sony suspends PlayStation Store for PS3 in Korea, blames new law about selling to minors

    by 
    Sharif Sakr
    Sharif Sakr
    06.21.2012

    Sony has been caught unawares by a legal change in South Korea, which prevents under-18s from being asked for their names or ages for the purpose of account authentication. No sooner had the company announced a half-price sale at its PS Store and then it was forced to pull the whole thing down in order re-work the interface and make it compliant. It's expecting to reopen it sometime "this year," but in the meantime the Store is strangely still accessible to PSP and Vita users of any age, while multiplayer and other PSN functions will continue to run on PS3. There must be a lawyer somewhere for whom this all makes complete sense, and hopefully they work for Facebook.