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Let kids delete their online rants, demand campaigners

Won't somebody please think of the children! (Adults are on their own)

Ministers have backed a campaign designed to give young people greater deletion rights over the stupid content they generate as youngsters.

The campaign wants to give younglings under the age of 18 the right to fully remove data and content they have created due to "errors of judgment, unhappy experiences and attitudes that were the product of immaturity".

Unfortunately, any idiotic content generated after the age of 18 falls outside its remit.

The iRights campaign also wants to educate youngsters on companies' data slurping practises, and get kids to limit their time spent using online games and social networks that dominate their time to an "unhealthy extent".

A number of ministers queued up to endorse the framework for kiddies' digital rights.

Baroness Shields, minister for internet safety and security, said the campaign will make "a better digital world for young people".

Baroness Beeban Kidron, iRights' founder and a crossbench peer, added: “[Children] are spending an increasing amount of time online yet fail to properly understand the internet’s many risks and abundant opportunities. We are therefore delighted by the UK government’s endorsement of our efforts, which will help move iRights from the theoretical to the practical.”

Nicola Sturgeon, First Minister of Scotland, said: “We believe that every child and young person has the right to grow up in a safe environment – that principle applies to the virtual world too."

"That is why we’re proud to support the iRights coalition and to ensure the Scottish Government is doing its bit to keep children and young people safe online.” ®

Bootnote

Vulture Central's backroom gremlins invite Reg readers to try and decipher the iRights website. Best efforts from the comments will win a digital pat on the back.

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