Florian Fangohr waffled for about a year over whether to buy an Apple Watch SE as a gift. The smart watch cost $279, and he worried that its recipient would […]
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Back to news homeSweeping Children’s Online Safety Bill Is Passed in California
Social media and game platforms often use recommendation algorithms, find-a-friend tools, smartphone notices and other enticements to keep people glued online. But the same techniques may pose risks to scores […]
A Dad Took Photos of His Naked Toddler for the Doctor. Google Flagged Him as a Criminal.
Mark noticed something amiss with his toddler. His son’s penis looked swollen and was hurting him. Mark, a stay-at-home dad in San Francisco, grabbed his Android smartphone and took photos […]
Snapchat Introduces Its First Parental Controls
SAN FRANCISCO — Snapchat, the ephemeral messaging app, introduced its first parental controls on Tuesday, as social media platforms face increasing scrutiny for exposing young users to potentially harmful content.Snap, […]
How Some Parents Changed Their Politics in the Pandemic
ORINDA, Calif. — They waved signs that read “Defeat the mandates” and “No vaccines.” They chanted “Protect our kids” and “Our kids, our choice.”Almost everyone in the crowd of more […]
Child Tax Credit’s Extra Help Ends, Just as Covid Surges Anew
That didn’t happen. Polls found the public roughly divided over whether the program should be extended, with opinions splitting along partisan and generational lines. And the expanded tax credit failed […]
The Metaverse’s Dark Side: Here Come Harassment and Assaults
VRChat did not respond to a request for comment.After Ms. Siggens faced abuse while playing the Population One virtual reality game, she said, she joined a virtual support group for […]
China Calls on ‘Little Inoculated Warriors’ in Its War on Covid-19
As the rest of the world struggles to vaccinate adults in the face of a threat from a new coronavirus variant, China has embarked on an ambitious campaign that it […]
How TikTok Reads Your Mind
“This system means that watch time is key. The algorithm tries to get people addicted rather than giving them what they really want,” said Guillaume Chaslot, the founder of Algo […]
What if It Never Gets Easier to Be a Working Parent?
Above all, issues around managing child care and work that had long been considered private family matters were suddenly out in the open, turning the needs of working parents into […]