ScatterLab Introduces Teen Usage Time and Payment Limits on zeta
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ScatterLab is strengthening teen protection on zeta.
The default daily usage time for teens will be set at 3 hours, and the default monthly payment limit at KRW 100,000, to be introduced within this year.
Safe Mode, Unlimit Mode, suicide and self-harm guidance, and the AI conversation partner label are already in operation, and additional measures are planned.
ScatterLab will strengthen protections for teenage users of its AI interactive entertainment platform, zeta. The company plans to introduce a policy within this year that limits teen users' daily usage time and payment volume by default on zeta.
Under the plan to be introduced within this year, the default daily usage time for teens will be set at 3 hours. When the default usage time is approaching, the service will provide a recommendation to take a break, and once 3 hours a day is reached, access to the service will be restricted.
The default monthly payment limit for teens will be set at KRW 100,000. Once that limit is reached, payments will be restricted.
The purpose of the measure is to ease excessive immersion among teens and reduce excessive spending. As grounds for reflecting the policy, the company cited its review of teen protection cases from digital services at home and abroad, as well as its continued discussions with government ministries, industry players, and users on user protection.
ScatterLab will operate existing safeguards alongside the new policy. 'Safe Mode' is zeta's default usage environment, which restricts content at the level of harmful media for teens, while 'Unlimit Mode' is a format that allows freer expression and is offered to adults who have undergone identity verification.
ScatterLab provides guidance to professional counseling organizations if expressions related to suicide or self-harm are repeatedly detected during conversations. It also displays an AI conversation partner label at all times on the play screen so that users can recognize that the other party in the conversation is AI.
After introducing usage time and payment limits, ScatterLab plans to add more teen protection measures.
zeta is a story-generation service based on real-time interaction with AI, and users can directly create characters and worlds. zeta was launched in April 2024 and is offered in South Korea, Japan, the United States, and other markets.
The company said its global cumulative sign-ups surpassed 13 million as of September this year. Kim Jong-yoon, CEO of ScatterLab, emphasized that creating a safe and healthy usage environment for teens is important. He also said the company plans to participate in discussions with the government and industry on user protection and continuously advance teen protection measures.
Source: TECHWORLD · Kim Seung-gi
Original: https://www.epnc.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=408064
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