The Facebook, Twitter and Last.fm update will only be available to Xbox Live gold members who are over 18.
Director of Programming for Xbox Live, Larry Hryb, explained that concerns over safety led to the update being restricted to over 18s but that there will be an option added for parents to choose which applications can be accessed for their children through Family Settings.
He said: “We made this decision because as it stands now, parents aren’t able to use family settings to customize which of these applications their children can access. In order to offer an age-appropriate environment for everyone, we decided to turn off these applications for those Gold members under the age of 18.
“We want to make sure everyone was aware, however, that the development team is working on an update that gives parents the choice of which social applications their children can access.”
Hryb stated that the Family Settings feature will be made available several weeks after the update launch.
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