Imvumi yaseJamani u-Lena Meyer-Landrut uphuma nohlobo lwesibini lwe-Hasbo's Furby, kwi-2013.(Ifoto: CHRISTOF STACHE / AFP / Getty Izithombe) Iziganeko ezibini ezikhulu zenzekile ekudibaneni kwabantwana netekhnoloji ngo-1998. ICongress yapasisa Umthetho woKhuseleko lwaBucala waBantwana kwi-Intanethi (CUP) kunye iFurby yoqobo —Into yokudlala enamaphambili eyayingathi ifunda ukuthetha — shayisa iishelufa zevenkile. Ngoku iyafumaneka uku-odola kwangaphambili kwiAmazon , uguqulelo lwamva nje lwerobhothi, I-Furby Qhagamshela , ngobuhle izisa imveliso kunye nomthetho kunye.
Kwintliziyo yayo, i-COPPA ijolise ekukhuseleni abantwana ngokubeka iimfuno ezomeleleyo zesaziso somzali sedatha eqokelelwe malunga nabantwana abangaphantsi kweminyaka eli-13 nangokunqanda inani elinokuthi kwabelwane ngalo ngolwazi kubantu besithathu. Yonke imiba ephakanyiswa ngumthetho ichaphazelekayo kwi-Furby Connect, elayishwe ngeentlobo ezahlukeneyo zeenzwa, iqhagamshela kwisoftware yayo kwaye ifumana uhlaziyo kwisoftware kunye nomxholo ovela kwiHasbro kwi-intanethi. 
Sen. UMark Warner, ngexesha lekomiti.(Ifoto: Chip Somodevilla / Getty Izithombe)
Izinto ezininzi zokudlala ezintsha-kunye ne-buzz engenakuphepheka ejikeleze i-Furby-inika ubunyani obongeziweyo kwileta ethunyelwe izolo ivela kuSen. UMark Warner waseVirginia kwiKhomishini yoRhwebo kaRhulumente , echaza iinkxalabo zakhe malunga nemfihlo yabantwana ngexesha lezinto ezixhumeneyo. Kule minyaka imbalwa idlulileyo, abaphandi bezokhuseleko bafumanise ukuba semngciphekweni kuluhlu lwezinto zokudlala ezixhumeneyo. Umzekelo, abaphandi baye bakwazi ukulawula oonodoli abaphendula imibuzo yabantwana kwaye batshintsha iimpendulo zodoli. Abahlalutyi bezokhuseleko bakwabonisa ukuba iincoko ezirekhodwe ziithoyi kwaye zalayishwa efini ziyafikeleleka ngokulula kubagculeli, uSenator wabhala.
Uqhubeke nokubuza i-FTC imibuzo eliqela, eqala ngokuthi, Ngaba umthetho wangoku unika iKhomishini igunya elaneleyo lokulawula ukukhusela abantwana kwiminyaka ye-Intanethi yezinto?
Ngalo lonke ixesha siguqula uhlobo lweFurby, sifuna ukwazisa abantwana ngendlela entsha yokudlala, utshilo uKenny Davis kaHasbro, kukhululo. Eyona nto intle, kodwa ngethemba lokuba ayibazisi kwakhona kwiqela elitsha lezinto ezinambuzelayo.
Kunyaka ophelileyo, umenzi wezinto zokudlala waseHong Kong, IVTech, yaqhekezwa , ukuveza idatha kunye neefoto ezivela kubantwana abazizigidi ezi-6.4. Nantsi ukuba unodoli othethayo usenator ukhankanya ngaphezulu, kwi-BBC. Kwakhona, ibhere ehlakaniphile evela kuMatel Ngeyivelise ulwazi lwebhayiloji yabantwana ukuba abaphandi bezokhuseleko beRapid7 bebengalufumani phambi kwabagculeli abakhohlakeleyo.
Umbonisi waqhekeza ezona zinto zisilelayo kwezona zixhobo zixhunyiwe, kubandakanya nomgca omnye weenkamela. Omnye umgculeli odumileyo wathi abavelisi bemveliso abaxhumeneyo baye baba mandundu, bangcono. 
Unxibelelwano olutsha lweFurby.(Ifoto: Hasbro)
Ngaba usonwabile ngeFurby Connect? U-Hasbro ubonakalise ukuqonda kwezinye zeengxaki zangaphambili kule nto yokudlala. Umzekelo, kwizixhobo ezininzi zokuziva, ayinalo ulwazi lwendawo, njengoko CNET iingxelo . Okwangoku, abathengi abaceba ukufumana enye yomntwana (endaweni yokulungisa ukungalungi), banokucetyiswa ukuba bayeke kwintengiso kangangeenyanga ezimbalwa kwaye bayeke abaqhankqalazi abamhlophe bathathe uqhekeko kuqala.
Oo-nye-doo , FTC? Thina boh-bay malunga Imohs kwi-intanethi.
Uphi, FTC? Sinexhala lezilo ezikwi-Intanethi (ezivela Umhlali ).
