Seventy Percent Say Asking User for Birth Date Is ‘Bogus’ Verification
IBOPE Zogby/Aristotle Poll: Majority Want Better Verification Controls Of Children’s Access to Social Network Content
Seventy Percent Say Asking User for Birth Date Is ‘Bogus’ Verification
UTICA, NY–Adults express a preference for better controls on children’s access to web content, such as better verification of a user’s age, including parental notification by social networks if a convicted sex offender has contacted a child.
The IBOPE Zogby interactive poll was conducted from August 2-4 for Aristotle, a political technology company. Aristotle offers a product called Integrity, which is a suite of widely accepted identity and age verification solutions. Integrity provides tailored solutions to both commercial and government sectors, and is the most comprehensive and cost-effective approach for age and identity verification available across multiple platforms.
Is simply asking a website visitor to enter a date of birth showing they are at least 18 a bogus form of ‘age verification’?
| Response | % |
| Yes | 70% |
| No | 20% |
| Not sure | 10% |
If a social network learns that a convicted sex offender has been contacting children on the site, should the operators of the social network warn the children’s parents?
| Response | % |
| Yes | 84% |
| No | 4% |
| Not sure | 12% |
Should social networks do more to verify the age of users before showing them advertisements promoting tobacco, alcohol, gambling, or pharmaceuticals?
| Response | % |
| Yes | 57% |
| No | 26% |
| Not sure | 17% |
