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In January, chief executives of the top social media companies went before Congress to answer questions about online child exploitation. Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, turned around during the hearing ...

Tech companies should be responsible for verifying the ages of their users. Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best ...

A little over a year ago, social media companies were put on notice for how they protect, or fail to protect, their youngest users. In a series of congressional hearings, executives from Facebook, ...

A smartphone gives your child some independence, whether that’s talking to their friends, using apps they want to use, or ...

Google on Wednesday announced a series of updates for its parental control software Google Family Link and a plan to test new machine-learning techniques to estimate users’ ages so it could apply more ...

Meta announced new parental control tools across Instagram, Facebook and Messenger today. This includes a new parental supervision hub in Messenger, a feature that pre-emptively blocks unwanted DMs on ...

As is the case with most digital platforms, parental controls are a great way to filter out content you might not want your children to see. While most modern software platforms offer parental ...

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In the long-running Android vs. iOS competition, iPhones have historically had the edge in terms of parental controls: They've been a bit more straightforward and intuitive, and easier for caregivers ...

It seemingly took press attention for Apple to address the languishing parental control issue. It seemingly took press attention for Apple to address the languishing parental control issue. is a ...

Starting next year Instagram will let parents stop teens from chatting with AI characters entirely. Starting next year Instagram will let parents stop teens from chatting with AI characters entirely.