Tech firms’ plans for more encrypted messaging ‘risks greater child exploitation and abuse’
Encryption of online messages could make it harder to police child abuse and grooming online, warns the Children’s Commissioner for England, Anna Longfield.Read more
Children’s use of social media is creating a new type of digital native
The first generation of people who have grown up using social media such as Facebook and Instagram are entering the workforce. For as long as this breed of so-called “digital natives” has been alive, some...Read more
YouTube announces new privacy rules for children’s content
YouTube, the world’s most popular online video-sharing platform, has unveiled new privacy rules aimed at limiting data collection and advertising on content aimed at children. It’s part of a series of changes that YouTube, which has...Read more