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eParenting and Parenting in the 21st Century
eParenting used to mean keeping your kids safe on the Internet, however now it has a wider scope including parenting with the use of technology, and distance parenting. Curated by Peter Mellow |
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At-risk children between 12 and 17 reported seeing promotions from a wide range of sources including their homes, school and social media
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Opt for YouTube Kids. Check out these three great kids channels. And try more tips from experts on how your family can get the most from YouTube.
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YouTube is trying to repair its bad reputation with families. Can YouTube's educational goals for children work alongside its commercial mission?
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New overseas research has found those who played at least 21 hours of video games a week exhibited better cognitive performance.
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The long read: When children first started flocking to YouTube, some seriously strange stuff started to appear – and after much outcry, the company found itself scrambling to fix the problem
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Popular YouTube channels often bombard young children with thinly veiled ads for junk food, a new study finds.
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The teacher and YouTube star says the COVID-19 pandemic has given him a whole new appreciation for his fellow teachers.
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Increasing numbers of children, and adults, want to be social media influencers. They would be better off aspiring to be astronauts.
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The site’s automated recommendation system, at times drawing on home movies of unwitting families, created a vast video catalog of prepubescent children.
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After years of promising to control inappropriate content, YouTube is still delivering violent and sexually charged videos to young children, an indication that the platform’s growth far exceeds its ability to police itself.
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YouTube is failing to deal with dangerous content on its kids' channel, says charity.
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Writer James Bridle uncovers a dark, strange corner of the internet, where unknown people or groups on YouTube hack the brains of young children in return for advertising revenue. From "surprise egg" reveals to algorithmically created mashups of cartoon characters in violent situations, these videos exploit and terrify young minds -- and show us what's wrong with the internet today.
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The platform’s entertainment for children is weirder—and more globalized—than adults could have expected.
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Like most parents, I love helping my kids learn more about something they're interested in. For example, right now, I spend a lot of tim
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James Bridle’s essay on disturbing YouTube content aimed at children went viral last year. Has the problem gone away – or is it getting worse?
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Parents will be able to handpick the channels and topics their children can view on the app, which has been criticized for allowing disturbing content to slip through.
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The firm has been criticised for using algorithms not human judgment to curate the app.
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Everything you need to know about the videos your children are watching
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I’m James Bridle. I’m a writer and artist concerned with technology and culture. I usually write on my own blog, but frankly I don’t want what I’m talking about here anywhere near my own site. Please…
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More than 300 hours of content are uploaded to YouTube every minute - and many children's clips are unauthorised, sneaky or even disturbing. Being aware is the first step.
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So let me repeat myself: Don't use YouTube as a babysitter. Even if you pick a video from the official Peppa Pig channel, the autoplay and suggested videos might be some twisted garbage.
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The app has more than 11 million weekly viewers. But some disturbing knockoff videos have reached children, upsetting parents.
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Only a small fraction of public reports about child endangerment receive a response from the online video site.