UK plans a phone ban for kids
This will go down well
The UK Parliament is considering new legislation to curb young people's smartphone usage to address growing concerns over children's mental health and digital well-being.
Louisiana lawmakers ban children from social media
Kids will need a parent’s permission to create accounts
Out-of-touch Louisiana lawmakers have passed a bill prohibiting minors from creating social media accounts without parental consent.
Kids can't understand how computers work any more
No idea about directories, folders, or files
Having moved from generations who were frightened to touch computers because they were frightened something would go wrong, The Verge reports that professors are increasingly seeing the rise of a generation that can’t understand even the basic fundamentals of how computers and operating systems work.
Google faces child tracking case
Multi-billion pound law suit
Search engine outfit Google faces a multibillion-dollar lawsuit in the UK over claims that YouTube routinely breaks privacy laws by tracking children online.
Kids rush to study computer science
Now there is a teacher shortage
US college students are rushing in record numbers to study computer science creating a problem for universities.
Chinese kids building AI weapons
Recruited straight from school
Some of China's smartest students have been recruited straight from high school to begin training as the world's youngest AI weapons scientists.
Disney sued for collecting kids data
Mobile apps facilitate "commercial exploitation" of children
Mickey Mouse outfit Walt Disney has been secretly collecting personal information on children which it shares illegally with advertisers without parental consent, according to a federal lawsuit filed late last week in California.
UK government set to define proper sex
Think of the children
The UK government has decided that it will ban all web sites which depict “unconventional sex”.
Ipads are child abuse claims Dr House
They will melt your precious little snowflake's brains
Giving a child an iPad is child abuse a top psychologist with the bankable name of Dr Richard House.
Apple censors charity concert for a quick buck
PR... Apple has heard of it
Fruity cargo cult Apple slumped to a new low over the weekend after it appears to have threatened a law suit if the popular beat combo artist Drake was heard on a rival music streaming service rapping at a charity gig.