When toddlers request “educational” videos during dinner prep, some now show children walking into busy streets with cars approaching—presented as normal playtime. These aren’t isolated incidents but ...

In a court of law, tech titans will be judged not for who they are, but what they do. We should take comfort in that Jury verdicts are meant to speak the truth, and today’s verdict in a California ...

We've all heard nursery rhymes as children, but some are less innocent than they first appear. Quite a few nursery rhymes are actually linked to some pretty dark historical events. "Three Blind Mice" ...

A nursery worker who carried out multiple counts of rape and sexual assault against toddlers as young as two has been given a 30-year sentence. Nathan Bennett, 30, was found guilty last month of two ...

In an age when more and more young children are hooked on digital devices, YouTube is bombarding them with AI slop. After investigating over 1,000 YouTube shorts recommended to young children by the ...

This bellwether case in the US could reshape the design of social media for children. A plaintiff alleged that Meta and YouTube designed addictive features that harm children's mental health. Several ...

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YouTube's CEO Neal Mohan is the latest in a line of tech bosses who have admitted to limiting their children's social media use, as the harms of being online for young people have become more evident.

Karandeep Singh Oberoi is a Durham College Journalism and Mass Media graduate who joined the Android Police team in April 2024, after serving as a full-time News Writer at Canadian publication ...

Australia’s push to ban children from social media was “well intentioned”, but would not make them safer online, video streaming giant YouTube warned on Monday. YouTube, which will also fall under the ...

The rapper gave a memorable performance of his hit songs before he accepted the inaugural Rock the Bells visionary award during Sunday's show. By Katherine Schaffstall Busta Rhymes gave a memorable ...

When it comes to classic nursery rhymes, “Little Miss Muffet” is right up there with “Humpty Dumpty” and “The Itsy Bitsy Spider.” Here are answers to all your burning questions about the history of ...