Are you a Netflix user and have children at home? This information will surely be of interest to you. And it is that being able to keep an exhaustive control of what the little ones in the house consume through services such as Netflix, can be a success. And the company knows that parents are - we are - concerned about this issue. That is why you just made an announcement for the next few months: will offer tools for better parental control.
As reported by Netflix itself through its company blog, In the coming months it will introduce changes to the parental controls of its video on demand (VBD) service or video on demand (VOD). They are aware that their catalog is extensive and they have series and movies for all tastes and ages. But they prefer that the parents themselves take control of this and be the ones who set the limits.
Netflix comments on its official statement: "We understand that each family is different and that parents themselves differ on what they consider appropriate for each age." And they are not wrong. Since then A PIN code can be established for those contents that do not fall within the age classification limit. This can be:
- G: young children up to 9 years
- PG: young children from 10 to 12 years old
- PG-13: children between 13 and 16 years old
- R: adolescents up to 17 years
- PG-17: all other ages from the age of majority
But here is not everything. And it is that the measures that Netflix contemplates go a step further. Why? Well because also allow parents to set barriers and parental controls for specific content; In other words, if you think that a specific series or movies is not suitable for your sons or daughters, now you only have to go to that tool, enter the title of the content and mark it as not suitable. Clever. However, there is no specific date for its implementation: it will reach all devices that are compatible with Netflix and all international markets in the coming months.