INTERNET : SOCIAL NETWORKS PLEDGE TO PROTECT CHILDREN BETTER.

• Position: Brief article

The European Commission received, on 10 February, the signatures of 17 major social networking sites which promise to better protect the under-18s, who are particularly vulnerable to the misuse of their private data.

While refusing to propose regulatory measures, the Commission deemed it necessary was to respond to the growing success of these sites, where subscribers can post their messages, photos or videos and make them available to other users. However, sometimes these services have very...