AI Initiative – Common Sense Media
Our AI reviews act as “nutrition” labels for AI. They describe a product’s opportunities, considerations, and limitations in a clear… read more
“We’re Never Doing This Again”: What It Took for These Parenting Influencers to Pull Their Kids Offline – Cosmopolitan
This is how Annalee explains her decision to take her daughters offline, which she did in the spring of 2023:… read more
The Parenting Influencers Who Won’t Stop Posting Their Children – Cosmopolitan
In 2024, the messy business of family vlogging is at an inflection point: to show your kids online or not?… read more
What’s the Price of a Childhood Turned Into Content? – Cosmopolitan
There is only one state in the entire country—Illinois—where child influencers are legally entitled to a percentage of the money… read more
The AI project pushing local languages to replace French in Mali’s schools – Rest of World
From 1960 to 2023, French was Mali’s official language. But in June last year, the military government replaced it in… read more
The case for banning children from social media – The New Yorker
How you feel about all this will likely come down to whether you believe that social-media platforms are addictive products—like… read more
Pixalate – ad tech reports
Access reports from Pixalate, an ad tech privacy and fraud investigation company specializing in COPPA compliance. https://www.pixalate.com/reports#mobile
Your kids’ apps are spying on them – Washington Post
Apps are spying on our kids at a scale that should shock you. More than two-thirds of the 1,000 most… read more
The Boy King of YouTube – New York Times Magazine
Virality is mostly luck: A teenager does a dance on TikTok, and suddenly every middle- and high-school kid has seen… read more
The Future of Robot Nannies – Wired
Childcare is the most intimate of activities. Evolution has generated drives so powerful that we will risk our lives to… read more