Videos such as fake ads featuring AI children playing with vibrators or Jeffrey Epstein- and Diddy-themed play sets are being ...

Midnight approached on Christmas Eve 2023, and I was in tears. I was curled up in my childhood bedroom in Tampa, Florida, home for the holidays and staring at the walls of the same room where I’d ...

Amy Drayton, 44, found a clever but risky way to save hundreds of dollars at Christmas time with has a no-spend goal.

That outcome would be likely because the kids most committed to social media are going to lie, get a VPN, cajole an older sibling or friend to set up an account, and/or head off into the less ...

After speaking with numerous experts and testing several AI toys firsthand, I've learned to proceed with extreme caution in ...

A wave of AI-powered children’s toys has hit shelves this holiday season, claiming to rely on sophisticated chatbots to animate interactive robots and stuffed animals that can converse with kids.

When 15-year-old Carlee Jade Clements wakes up, her first thought is to record a Get Ready With Me video to share with her friends on TikTok. “I love recording everything and posting it the moment I ...

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your account’s ‘Saved for Later’ section. If you haven’t checked off all the kids on your holiday gift list, you’ll be pleased to know that a ton ...

Today, Australia has banned social-media access to anyone under 16, drawing global attention and debate among child-safety advocates, parents and teenagers. While the move is framed as a protective ...

Millions of children under 16 blocked from platforms like Instagram, YouTube, FB, TikTok According to new rules, children in Australia will be able to access YouTube but will not be allowed to have ...

The national ban is the first of its kind in the world. Australia’s social media ban for children 16 and under officially went into effect at midnight local time on Dec. 10. Many child advocates and ...

, denouncing the world-first laws as “rushed” and unrealistic. “Most importantly, this law will not fulfil its promise to make kids safer online, and will, in fact, make Australian kids less safe on ...