- BBC To Launch Pre-Teen Site
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Tuesday, December 5, 2017
The BBC will launch a website for pre-teens ages 9 to 12, "The Guardian" reports. The "Own It" site is a part of a GBP34m investment by the BBC ...
- Facebook Debuts New Messenger Version For Kids
Digital News Daily, Gavin O'Malley - Monday, December 4, 2017
Until now, Facebook has prohibited consumers under the age of 13 from using its most popular services, from its flagship app to Instagram. By contrast, Messenger Kids takes direct a ...
- Regulator Likely To Tell TV Stations To Spend More On Kids' Programmes
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Wednesday, November 29, 2017
Ofcom has begun to investigate children's programming, and the result could be that it insists ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 spend more money on younger viewers, "The Guardian" sugge ...
- Did AI Teach YouTube Search Feature To Autocomplete Disturbing Child Abuse Terms?
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, November 28, 2017
The latest blow to Google's online video service comes days after brands like Hewlett-Packard, Mars, Lidl and Adidas pulled their advertising from Google and YouTube, alleging that predatory comments we ...
- YouTube, What Part Of Terror And Paedophilia Confuses You?
London Blog, Sean Hargrave - Tuesday, November 28, 2017
How bad does it have to get before tax-dodging, extremism-funding YouTube gets called out over paedophilia? ...
- Health, Financial Security Equal 'The Good Life'
Marketing Daily, Tanya Gazdik - Friday, November 24, 2017
College education has greater "good life" resonance with younger age groups than older ones. Teenagers lead with 29% including this, falling to 26% of 20 to 29-year-olds and 23% ...
- The Times Calls Out YouTube For Exploiting Children
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Monday, November 20, 2017
After exposing YouTube for monetising extremist videos, "The Times" has a new route of attack against the Google-owned site. It has mad more than GBP7m a year through videos th ...
- Children's Lawyers Drop Privacy Suit Against Viacom Over Tracking Cookies
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, November 6, 2017
Attorneys for a group of children have agreed to withdraw a lawsuit alleging that Viacom violated kids' privacy by using tracking cookies at Nick.com. ...
- YouTube Revamps Its Kids App
Digital News Daily, Alex Weprin - Friday, November 3, 2017
Google's YouTube has released an updated version of its YouTube Kids, a version of the popular video app that features age-appropriate content and more restricted advertising. ...
- Mullen Lowe Appointed To Encourage Child Abuse Victims To Testify
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Thursday, November 2, 2017
The Independent Inquiry into Child Sex Abuse has appointed Mullen Lowe for GBP1m to encourage more victims to come forward, "Campaign" reports. ...
- FTC Loosens Privacy Rules Regarding Children's Voices
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, October 23, 2017
"Verbal commands may be a necessity for certain consumers, including children who have not yet learned to write, or the disabled," the FTC says in new guidance. ...
- Hasbro, Telemundo Target Latina Moms With 'Fun With Mom' Campaign
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, October 23, 2017
The three-month campaign targets Latina mothers, using Hasbro's "Fun with Mom" messaging. It begins Monday, October 23, appearing on Hasbro and Telemundo brand channels. ...
- Gambling Sites Ordered To Stop Appealing To Children
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Monday, October 23, 2017
"The Sunday Times" is claiming a victory in its campaign to get gambling sites to drop games that are believed to be aimed at children. The Gambling Commission and t ...
- Children Tell Parents To Disconnect, Ditch Phones At Dinner
Connected Thinking, Chuck Martin - Wednesday, October 18, 2017
One of the issues with connected devices is that they're generally always on. Thanks to home networks, the central hub for television, streaming movies, phones and smart home devices, everyo ...
- FTC Urged To Investigate Smartwatches For Kids
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, October 18, 2017
A coalition of advocacy groups are urging the Federal Trade Commission to investigate whether smartwatches for children pose security and privacy risks. ...
- Fisher-Price Launches Brand Creative
Marketing Daily, Tanya Gazdik - Friday, October 13, 2017
"Encouraging a wide variety of play experiences that help children grow and develop is at the heart of this campaign," Fisher-Price's Julie Felss Masino tells "Marketing Daily." ...
- Mattel Axes Connected Device For Kids
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, October 5, 2017
Faced with pushback from advocacy groups and lawmakers, Mattel reportedly has decided against releasing Aristotle, a connected device for children. ...
- NSPCC And Sky Cinema To Light Up Regent Street For Christmas
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Wednesday, October 4, 2017
Children's charity the NSPCC is teaming up with Sky Cinema to provide this year's Christmas lights in Regent Street, "Campaign" reveals. ...
- Lawmakers Raise Privacy Concerns Over Mattel's Connected Device For Kids
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, October 2, 2017
Mattel's upcoming "Aristotle," often referred to as an 'Alexa for children,' is raising concerns among lawmakers as well as advocates. ...
- Government Clarifies Social Media Rights For Teenagers
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Friday, September 29, 2017
The government has produced guides to help children know their rights on social media sites, the BBC reports. The simple, jargon-free guides explain how teens and children can use t ...
- Kids' TV Viewing Records Big Declines
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, September 15, 2017
Bernstein Research says "average audiences on kids' networks are literally half of what they were six years ago" -- about 1.25 million average viewers, down from roughly 2.5 million ...
- 11 School Days Per Year Lost To Smartphone Disruption
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Wednesday, September 13, 2017
Teachers are warning that disruption from smartphone use has now reached more than 17 minutes of lost teaching time every day. The "Mirror" warns that this amounts to 11 da ...
- 'Barbie' App Violated Children's Ad Guidelines, Watchdog Says
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, September 12, 2017
"In a rapidly developing mobile environment, where advertising may appear in a variety of formats, it is imperative to clearly label when an ad is in fact an ad," t ...
- Parents Blame Brands For Gender Stereotypes
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Wednesday, September 6, 2017
"Campaign" has commissioned a poll by Toluna which finds that more than three in four parents -- 77% -- believe that brands perpetuate stereotypes with clothes, shoes and toy range ...
- Fatherly Site Raises $4M To Expand Video, Events
Publishers Daily, Sara Guaglione - Tuesday, August 8, 2017
Fatherly wants to double its editorial and video output by creating new franchises around verticals that have been "over-performing." Science and health articles, in particular, perform two to three tim ...
- Disney Hit With Lawsuit Over Children's Privacy
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, August 7, 2017
Disney has been hit with a privacy lawsuit alleging that mobile apps like "Princess Palace Pets" track young children in order to enable targeted advertising. ...
- NSPCC Warns Of Strangers Stalking Children Through Snap Maps
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Friday, July 7, 2017
The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) is warning that one in three young people have added strangers as friends in the last six months. T ...
- What Is Snap Playing At?
London Blog, Sean Hargrave - Friday, July 7, 2017
Its privacy-invading specs are bombing. So is its Maps stalking feature, which has parents outraged. ...
- 85% Of Millennial Parents Trust AI To Diagnose, Treat Their Children
AI & IoT Daily, Chase Martin - Thursday, July 6, 2017
As artificial intelligence capabilities expand in the future, Millennial parents may be open to using it in their children's lives. In some cases, parents said they would prefer relying ...
- Snap Maps Video Goes Viral, Snapchat Responds
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Thursday, July 6, 2017
A video posted by Nadia Sawalha, one of the stars of tv show "Loose Women," about Snap Maps has gone viral, prompting a response from Snapchat. The actress's video questio ...
