In August, YouTube began rolling out a new system that uses AI algorithms to estimate users' ages in the United States. If ...

Google has agreed to pay $30 million to settle a long-running lawsuit by parents and their children claiming its YouTube ...

Google has agreed to pay $30 million to settle a lawsuit alleging that YouTube collected data from millions of children to ...

Kids smartphones and flip phones have built-in or add-on protections or limits that can help kids ease into having their own phone.

Despite Google having discontinued its Chromecast streaming devices after a long, successful run of over a decade, they're ...

YouTube is testing new AI technology to estimate users’ ages and block under-18 viewers from accessing age-restricted content, part of a broader push to improve online safety for kids.

YouTube is set to join the list of online platforms banned for Australians under 16 in the government’s new social media rules. We explore why YouTube is included, and what young people think about ...

On July 31, Backyard Kids issued a recall of about 192,000 KidKraft Farm to Table Model Play Kitchens, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.

If age isn't verified, Google will turn on YouTube Digital Wellbeing tools (which include things like bedtime and break reminders and safeguards on content recommendations), disable Timeline in Maps, ...

Google has launched AI-driven age verification technology for select US users. The initiative aims to strengthen child protection across Google's platforms ...

Google has been warned threats to sue won't sway the potential late inclusion of YouTube in Australia's world-first social media ban for children.

Judgment day has arrived, and it’s bad news for YouTube, with the platform set to be included in the government’s plan to ban social media for kids under the age of 16.