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Gamification Turns Long and Tedious Safety and Conditional Texts into an Interactive and More Approachable Experience for Users
Helsinki, Finland February 10, 2021 Presenting at the European Commission’s annual Safer Internet Day yesterday, virtual and social games developer Sulake, and the makers of Habbo, (which was recently acquired by Azerion), detailed its findings on how to make those long and boring, but so very necessary terms & conditions agreements more palatable for a younger audience within the virtual social platform.
Sulake’s challenge for the Youth Pledge is to empower young users in Habbo to make informed decisions when playing, by increasing the transparency and visibility of its terms & conditions agreements. T&C texts are almost universally arduous, tedious reads that are mildly scanned at best and, probably more typically, not read at all before ticking the “agree” box at the bottom. However the information contained in the terms & conditions is ne
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Parents have been urged to show a keen interest in the type of content their children post or watch on the internet and the various social media platforms.
The Ashanti Regional Director of the Department of Children, Mr Stephen Ofosu who made the call, said parents had a critical role to play in the kind of information their children assimilate from the internet.
He advised parents to monitor and encourage the children to be circumspect when posting stuff on the internet.
He was speaking at an outreach program in some schools and markets in Kumasi to mark this year’s Safer Internet Day celebration.