Netflix has a new gaming app for kids that gets rid of ads and payments

Netflix just launched Playground, a free standalone gaming app for kids 8 and under with no ads, no in-app purchases, and characters from Peppa Pig, Sesame Street, and more. The Latest Tech News, Deli ...

MrBeast Now Owns This Popular Kids’ Money App — Should You Be Concerned?

A banking app designed for teens and young adults has come under scrutiny in recent months after it was acquired by YouTube's biggest star, leading to questions about the creator's plans and shining ...
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Courts and app bans won't fix screen addiction for kids, expert says. Parents need to step up

Late last month, a California jury found Meta and YouTube harmed a young girl who used the platforms with addictive design ...

Advocacy groups urge YouTube to protect kids from ‘AI slop’ videos

Advocacy groups and experts condemned YouTube for serving up low-quality artificial intelligence-generated videos to its most vulnerable audience: children. In a letter to YouTube CEO Neal Mohan and ...

YouTube Now Has The Option To Completely Block Shorts For Kids: Here's How To Do It

YouTube has introduced a new setting that lets all users, including those with regular adult accounts, set a daily Shorts ...
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Meta, YouTube found liable for woman’s debilitating social media addiction in $3M landmark trial

A Los Angeles jury found Wednesday that Meta’s Instagram and Google’s YouTube harmed a young user with features designed to hook kids — in a bombshell verdict that “shakes Big Tech’s predatory ...
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Best Parental Control Apps to Manage Screentime, Web Risks, and Social Media on Kids' Devices

Compare Qustodio, Bark, NetNanny and GoogleFamilyLink for screentime limits, web filtering and social monitoring to find the best parental control app for your kids’ devices. Pixabay, Firmbee Best ...

YouTube now lets you turn off Shorts

YouTube’s time management settings now have an option to put a zero-minute time limit on Shorts, effectively removing them ...

Google promotes 'teacher approved' apps for kids. Here's what parents should know

As school holidays continue around Australia, many parents are looking for educational ways to keep their children entertained. If you own an Android device and have young children, you may find ...

YouTube staffers deliberately aimed for ‘viewer addiction,’ killed safety tools for kids: court docs

YouTube employees admitted that their goal was “viewer addiction” and killed proposed safety tools for kids because they wouldn’t provide a sufficient “ROI” — financial lingo for “return on investment ...

Teenagers and younger kids are learning coded predator phrases like ‘MAP’ online, long before their parents have even heard of it

When I checked my 10-year-old daughter’s TikTok messages in early February 2026, I expected to find the usual mix of dance ...
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Major League Baseball launches “MLB Clubhouse,” a new YouTube channel for kids to engage the next generation of young fans

Major League Baseball today announced the launch of MLB Clubhouse, a new youth-focused content platform debuting on YouTube, designed to introduce baseball and softball to the next generation of fans ...