New Pinwheel Home phone lets kids chat with approved family and friends — and dial 911 — without the distraction of screens, texting or games AUSTIN, TX, UNITED STATES, January 5, 2026 ...

Last year, American kids and teens spent a lot of time playing video games like Roblox and Minecraft. On average, our children engaged in user-created games on Roblox for about 140 minutes per day, ...

Chatbots have become places where children ‘talk about violence, explore romantic or sexual role-play, and seek advice when ...

A bipartisan group of U.S. senators, including Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy (D-CT), is seeking to ban AI chatbots for children. At a recent Senate hearing, and again at a press conference ...

After lowering age restrictions for Quest headset users last year, Meta has announced it will now begin allowing children ages 10 to 12 to connect with others in virtual reality (VR) calls on its ...

A flaw in Facebook’s messaging app aimed at kids allowed thousands of users to enter group chats with unapproved strangers, The Verge reported on Monday. Messenger Kids, launched in 2017, enables ...

As Milwaukee-area kids are going back to school, we handed the mics over to them for our monthly series Group Chat, which gets Milwaukeeans in conversation with each other, letting them ask their own ...

Hundreds of school children have been added to a group chat on WhatsApp containing what has been described as "inappropriate and illegal content". The BBC has seen a email sent from Ribston Hall High ...