Collaborate Disseminate
According to a new report, its algorithmic labelling may expose minors to age-inappropriate, targeted advertising. Continue reading Facebook flags thousands of kids as interested in gambling, booze
It’s a gnat bite, critics say: The FTC’s reported fine would be worth about two to three months of YouTube ad revenue. Continue reading YouTube reportedly to be fined up to $200m over COPPA investigation
It won’t happen again, Facebook told senators who wondered how well it’s handling kids’ privacy in the chat app abhorred by kids advocates. Continue reading Facebook: ‘Technical error’ let strangers into Messenger Kids chats
Harley-Davidson needs to get its bikes in the hands of younger riders, that’s clear. But this young? The company has announced a pair of electric balance bikes to get American iron into the hands of 3-5- and 5-7-year-olds…
Continue Reading… Continue reading Harley-Davidson is making electric balance bikes for 3-year-olds – no kidding
It’s already gotten hit with the biggest-ever US child privacy fine, and now it might be facing a fine for GDPR violations. Continue reading TikTok investigated (again) over how it handles children’s data and safety
Sen. Markey and 2 consumer groups said the Google-owned service must comply with COPPA and should be held accountable for not doing so.
Continue reading YouTube’s antics with kids’ data prompts call for FTC to force change
Making and coding are important skills for future engineers and technicians to master. Not long after the Raspberry Pi computer board was released, Kano started offering build-a-computer kits to makers young and old. With a focus on the form… Continue reading Kano partners with Microsoft for build-it-yourself laptop for kids
In several decades of hanging around people who make things, one meets a lot of people fascinated by locks, lock picking, and locksport. It’s interesting to be sure, but it had never gripped me until an evening in MK Makerspace when a fellow member had brought in his lockpicking box …read more
Continue reading Ask Hackaday: What Skills Would You Give A Twelve Year Old?
In another step to scrape pedophiles off the bottom of its shoe YouTube is banning youngsters from live-streaming without adult supervision. Continue reading YouTube bans kids’ live-streaming without an adult present
The new policy: Ditch third-party trackers in apps designed for youngsters, lest the app get booted out of the App Store. Continue reading Apple bans ads, third-party tracking in apps meant for kids