Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: Fan Jiashan/Future Publishing via Getty Images Google is reportedly teaching children to override parental controls, ...

This is a guest post by Tim Allen, principal engineer at Wharton Research Data Services at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, a member of the Technical.ly Readers Council and an ...

It hasn't been long since reports began circulating about Google reaching out directly to children, and the practice is raising serious concerns. Apparently, Google has started emailing 12-year-olds ...

Google is emailing 13-year-olds instructing them on how to remove parental controls without consent from the parents. Google’s policy permits children to “graduate” from parental controls as soon as ...

Google announced Monday that the company is reversing its longstanding practice of allowing minors supervised by their parents via Family Link to unilaterally opt-out of those settings upon turning 13 ...

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Dustin Kirkland, vice president of engineering at Chainguard. It has been edited for length and clarity. I'm the vice president of engineering at ...

Google says it is ending its practice of emailing 13-year-olds step-by-step instructions on how to remove parental controls after backlash from parents and parental rights advocates. The tech giant ...

Jay primarily writes news and deals posts for Android Police. Before joining AP, he spent the past several years yammering on about the crazy world of Android for various tech outlets. Besides ...