“These amoral companies, they just keep allowing these awful things to happen on their platforms — and they won’t do anything about it because they will always prioritize profits over the public good, even when it comes to kids."
The updated friend-list insights include “trust signals” that explain how a new friend might have connected with your child — like whether they have mutual friends or if it’s an unknown contact.
"There's like a half-generation of kids who just went through it. And those parents have said we didn't know what to do or how to handle it. And luckily for us, we have a place of forum to go to and learn that I don't think previously existed."
“Each additional hour of gaming per week was linked to a decline in diet quality, even after accounting for stress, physical activity and other lifestyle factors."
"A trillion-dollar corporation is directly contacting every child to tell them they are old enough to 'graduate' from parental supervision. The email explains how a child can remove those controls themselves, without parental consent or involvement."
"For example, they can set the Shorts feed limit to zero when they want their teen to use YouTube to focus on homework, and change it to 60 minutes during a long car trip to be entertained."
“Parents who lean too much on it for parenting guidance run the risk of adopting parenting styles which may not actually fit their family, or which may be detrimental to children in general.”
Roblox faces yet another lawsuit that claims it has failed to protect young users from predators despite years of Roblox claiming it cares about the safety of its players.