- YouTube Sued Over Children's Privacy
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, April 20, 2018
Google has been hit with a class-action complaint for allegedly tracking you ...
- Thousands Of Android Apps For Children May Violate Privacy Regs
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, April 16, 2018
A majority of free Android apps for children may violate the Children ...
- ToysRUs To Close Final Stores Within Two Weeks
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Friday, April 13, 2018
The last remaining ToysRUs stores will be shut within a fortnight, "S ...
- YouTube Accused Of Processing Children's Data
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Monday, April 9, 2018
YouTube is being accused by American children's groups of processing data fr ...
- YouTube Violates Children's Privacy Rules, Advocates Say
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, April 9, 2018
"Google has made substantial profits from the collection and use of person ...
- 58% Of Parents Concerned About Negative Health Effects In Children Using Virtual Reality
AI & IoT Daily, Chuck Martin - Thursday, April 5, 2018
Fifty-eight percent of parents think VR allows children to do things th ...
- BBC Games Helps Train Kids To Spot 'Fake News'
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Thursday, March 15, 2018
A new BBC iReporter game is helping to teach children how ...
- Meet Your New Boss: Kiddies Phone It In On USA Network
TVBlog, Adam Buckman - Wednesday, March 14, 2018
If you happen to think watching cute kids cavort for a ha ...
- Power Rangers Taps Augmented Reality For Ad Campaign
AI & IoT Daily, Chuck Martin - Monday, March 5, 2018
To celebrate 25 years of Power Rangers, the iconic superhero franchise ...
- FTC Fines Online Talent Agency For Collecting Information From Children
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, February 6, 2018
The FTC has fined online talent search company Explore Talent $235,000 f ...
- Grid Girls Replaced By Grid Kids At F1
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Tuesday, February 6, 2018
Formula 1 has publicly dropped Grid Girls and will instead, "The Dru ...
- YouTube Apologises For Inappropriate Videos On YouTube Kids
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Tuesday, February 6, 2018
The BBC is reporting that YouTube is apologising for disturbing videos ...
- Former Google, Facebook Execs Rebel Against Companies They Helped To Create
Performance Marketing Insider, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, February 5, 2018
The Center For Humane Technology is launching a campaign with Comcast a ...
- Facebook Urged To Scrap Messaging App For Kids
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, January 30, 2018
Facebook's new messaging service for pre-teens is likely to "undermine children's healt ...
- Cancer Research UK Calls For Wider Junk Food TV Ad Ban
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Wednesday, January 17, 2018
Cancer Research UK is calling for junk food ads to be bann ...
- Apple Slammed For Product Impact On Young, Responds To Criticism
Digital News Daily, Gavin O'Malley - Tuesday, January 9, 2018
"We have new features and enhancements planned for the future, to a ...
- Connected Toys Company Settles With FTC Over Data Breach
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, January 8, 2018
Connected toys company VTech will pay $650,000 to settle charges that ...
- Major Shareholders Want Apple To Address Negative Mobile Impact On Youth
Digital News Daily, Gavin O'Malley - Monday, January 8, 2018
Jana Partners LLC and the California State Teachers' Retirement System -- whi ...
- Secondary Schools 'Ill Equipped' To Guide Children Using Social Media
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Thursday, January 4, 2018
A report from the Children's Commissioner for England has found that seconda ...
- Social Giants Should Fund Safety Lessons, Or Risk Losing A Generation
London Blog, Sean Hargrave - Thursday, January 4, 2018
If social giants don't prepare schoolchildren for a world of "likes," ...
- Watchdogs Press FTC To Investigate Connected Toys, Smartwatches
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, December 18, 2017
Watchdogs are renewing a request that the Federal Trade Commission take acti ...
- EA, Lego, Nissan Top Brands Associated With Star Wars
Marketing Daily, Tanya Gazdik - Tuesday, December 12, 2017
The marketing technology company analyzed the digital content engagement around "Star War ...
- Senators Question Facebook Over Messaging App For Kids
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, December 7, 2017
Facebook's new messenger app for children is drawing scrutiny on Capitol Hil ...
- Nearly A Third Of Teen Girls Sexually Harassed Online
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Wednesday, December 6, 2017
Nearly a third of teenage girls have been sexually harassed online, accordi ...
- Facebook Is Ready To Eat Your Children's Brains
Social Media Insider, Gavin O'Malley - Wednesday, December 6, 2017
The news that Facebook is -- for the first time ever ...
- 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 1 ...
- 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 fr ...
- 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 ...
- 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 bran ...
- 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 ge ...