Daily Mail

YouTube and Facebook work to protect kids via algorithm tweaks and open-sourcing amid scrutiny

Amid heightened scrutiny, both YouTube and Facebook want to tweak their platforms to make it safer for children. In a recent announcement, Facebook said that it will begin open-sourcing two of its ...
Yahoo Finance

YouTube Tweaked Algorithm to Appease FTC But Creators are Worried

(Bloomberg) -- In early July, YouTube made a significant change to its software to boost what it deems “quality” children’s content, sending waves of traffic to certain video producers and burying ...
AOL

TikTok knew its algorithm harmed kids, accidentally revealed internal documents show

TikTok is facing a multi-state lawsuit that says its algorithm is addictive and harmful to children.VYACHESLAV OSELEDKO/AFP via Getty Images Details from a multi-state investigation into TikTok ...
Milton Keynes Citizen

Social media: How algorithms hook children into harmful thinking - and 5 ways parents can help them be safer

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Daily Mail

Kids chain-sawing their dolls. Peppa Pig horror clips. And a grotesque 'cat man' trying to murder his wife - chilling investigation into the nightmarish bilge YouTube's ...

If you have pre-school-aged grandchildren, or kids in the first couple of years of primary school, it is almost certain that they will have watched YouTube this week. That is because YouTube – for ...