Looks like Microsoft wants to be the moral guardian to its Xbox 360 users, as Larry 'Major Nelson' Hryb confirms the latest firmware update will lock under-18s out of social services Twitter, Last.fm and Facebook.
“We made this decision because as it stands now, parents aren’t able to use Family Settings to customize which of these applications their children can access”, Hryb explained on his blog. “In order to offer an age-appropriate environment for everyone, we decided to turn off these applications for those Gold members under the age of 18.”
Perhaps the company is just fire-proofing itself against a stream of lazy parents willing to sue in case they don't notice dear little Bobby getting called 'l@m3z0r' on Facebook. Perhaps it just wants to control how you consume your media. Discuss in the forums if you please.
Apparently, the Xbox Live team is “working on an update that gives parents the choice of which social applications their children can access. This means that Xbox Live members between the ages of 13 and 17 will be able to use Facebook, Twitter and Last.fm as long as their parents approve”, but that won't be ready when the console update arrives.
“We made this decision because as it stands now, parents aren’t able to use Family Settings to customize which of these applications their children can access”, Hryb explained on his blog. “In order to offer an age-appropriate environment for everyone, we decided to turn off these applications for those Gold members under the age of 18.”
Perhaps the company is just fire-proofing itself against a stream of lazy parents willing to sue in case they don't notice dear little Bobby getting called 'l@m3z0r' on Facebook. Perhaps it just wants to control how you consume your media. Discuss in the forums if you please.
Apparently, the Xbox Live team is “working on an update that gives parents the choice of which social applications their children can access. This means that Xbox Live members between the ages of 13 and 17 will be able to use Facebook, Twitter and Last.fm as long as their parents approve”, but that won't be ready when the console update arrives.
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