Child experts, educators and advocates plead with Mark Zuckerberg to pull the plug on Messenger kids an app for children under thirteen. They argue, “this new app will undermine children’s healthy development.”
A team of over...Read more
When kids ignore their friends and everyone else, disregard calls and messages from their parents and continue playing on their phone or even act irritated and behave aggressively when their phone is taken from them,...Read more
The French government has proposed a new law that will require children under sixteen to seek parental consent prior to joining Facebook and other social networks.
“Joining Facebook will involve parental authorisation for minors aged...Read more
YouTube plans to hire moderators to remove content not suitable for children. Since disturbing and harmful videos are easily accessible on YouTube via YouTube Kids app or directly on the site.
Last month The New York...Read more
UNICEF’s latest State of the World’s Children report says that despite their massive online presence – 1 in 3 internet users worldwide is a child – too little is done to protect them from the...Read more
Anxiety about online risks can obscure the real benefits of digital competence for children and young people. This short overview of some of the research in this area, by Kaylor Garcia and Deborah Temkin, suggests that cyberbullying is a...Read more