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Google already offers parents and guardians tools to restrict purchases their children make on Play Store using the family payment method. The company is now introducing an additional feature that will allow children to send a purchase request for the manager of the family account to approve when there is no present payment method. Children can ask for approval for both paid apps and in-app purchase when the family hasn’t set up a payments method. Once the family manager gets this… Source link

DUBLIN: Ireland’s Data Protection Commission on Monday said it had fined Instagram a record $402 million (405 million euros) for breaching regulations on the handling of children’s data.“We adopted our final decision last Friday and it does contain a fine of 405 million euros,” the DPC said in a statement. Full details of the decision will be published next week, it added.The DPC launched an investigation in late 2020 into concerns about how the image-sharing social media platform… Source link

Google has launched a website for its Read Along app for encouraging young children to practice reading. The website, which is introduced as a public beta, works with Chrome, Firefox, and Edge browsers on Desktop and Android, with support for iOS and more browsers such as Safari coming soon. The concept of the website is similar to the app: children can learn to speak languages like English, Portuguese, Spanish, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, Gujarati, and… Source link

Flowers and photographs are seen at a memorial dedicated to the victims of the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School on June 3, 2022 in Uvalde, Texas.Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images A Uvalde teacher said active shooter training set children up “like ducks” for the gunman. Arnulfo Reyes told Good Morning America that he had his kids hide under a table before the massacre. The shooter killed 11 of his students, as well as another 8 children and two adults. A wounded Texas teacher whose 11… Source link

The reaction to a potential COVID-19 vaccine breakthrough for young children out of Moderna (MRNA) may have some traders scratching their heads. Shares of the biotech fell 3% on Wednesday on positive interim data released by Moderna for its coronavirus vaccine for children under six years old. Moderna said the shots were about 44% effective in preventing Omicron in children six months up to two years old. “We believe these latest results from the KidCOVE study are good news for parents of… Source link

Sens. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., and Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., conduct a news conference in Capitol. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images Two senators introduced a new bill Wednesday that would give online platforms a duty to act in kids’ best interests and prevent or mitigate the risk of certain harms including suicide, eating disorders and substance abuse. The Kids Online Safety Act was introduced by Sens. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., and Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., respectively… Source link

Brooklyn Nets star James Harden isn’t just producing on the court. The nine-time NBA All-Star, through his Impact 13 Foundation, donated approximately 5,000 essential supplies to children in Haiti last week. Performance apparel such as Adidas backpacks, socks, shoes, water bottles and basketballs as well as personal hygiene products such as Art of Sport deodorant, body wash, lotion, Gopuff tampons, condoms and postpartum undergarments were distributed to more than 300 kids. “Leading by… Source link

The Delta variant of the coronavirus has shown to be more contagious than previous versions, particularly for the unvaccinated, and that’s creating a level of risk for children that didn’t arise in 2020. “Children are getting hospitalized at higher rates than we’ve ever seen,” Dr. Mona Amin, a board-certified physician, said on Yahoo Finance Live (video above). “And yes, we do see that most children who are hospitalized are children of unvaccinated parents. But as this Delta variant… Source link