Family and parenting
Roblox developers are losing entire games to malware attacks
Attackers are using fake job offers and malware to steal accounts, Robux, and Roblox games from the developers who build them ...
Children’s phones must block nude images by September, UK says
Apple and Google have three months to block nude images on children's phones. They're not allowed to collect any data while they do it ...
TikTok, YouTube, and Roblox face scrutiny, but age gates won’t fix child safety
Ofcom says TikTok and YouTube are "not safe enough" for children, but simply adding stricter age checks is not the answer ...
Deepfake sextortion forces schools to remove student photos from websites
Experts are urging schools to take down identifiable photos of students, after AI deepfakes have led to sextortion cases at UK schools ...
Texas sued Netflix over claims it secretly collected and sold users’ data
The Texas AG sued Netflix, accusing the company of secretly tracking viewers, selling user data, and using addictive features targeted at minors ...
If a fake moustache can fool age checks, is the Online Safety Act working?
A UK report finds some progress since the Act came into force, but widespread workarounds, ongoing harm, and unresolved privacy concerns suggest the impact is still limited ...
Millions of students’ personal data stolen in major education breach
ShinyHunters claims it stole personal data from 275 million users on Instructure’s Canvas platform across schools and education providers ...
Roblox clamps down on chats and age checks as legal pressure builds
Roblox is paying millions to settle child safety claims while rolling out strict age checks and chat limits that could reshape how kids use the platform ...
Blocking children from social media is a badly executed good idea
Governments are each inventing their own flavor of an age based ban for social media. Is the cure worse than the disease? ...
Landmark verdicts put Meta’s “addiction machine” platforms on trial
Courts are starting to question how platforms are built, not just what’s posted ...
