Neowin News Feed for: Minors

YouTube is bringing its age detection tech to the U.S. to identify minors

Usama Jawad — Tue, 29 Jul 2025 18:58:01 +0000

After successful deployments in other countries, YouTube is bringing its age detection technology to the United States to protect minors. Read more...

U.K. regulator Ofcom probes OnlyFans for failure to protect minors from explicit content

Karthik Mudaliar — Wed, 01 May 2024 12:26:01 +0000

U.K. media regulator Ofcom has launched an investigation into adult content-sharing platform OnlyFans regarding the platform's insufficient age-verification measures that failed to restrict minors. Read more...

Meta is under fire after reports of exploitative content surface, Zuckerberg faces lawsuits

Anushe Fawaz — Fri, 23 Feb 2024 16:38:01 +0000

Meta is under fire for ignoring reports of sexually exploitative content of children being posted by parent-owned accounts. These parents used children for financial gain and attracted pedophiles. Read more...

China will allow minors to play video games only for one hour per day on the weekends

Usama Jawad — Mon, 30 Aug 2021 14:40:01 +0000

China has announced a new rule under which people below the age of 18 can only play video games one hour daily from Friday to Sunday. Real-name registration systems will also be implemented. Read more...

Open letter demanding Apple stop deployment of photo scanning tech gets 5,000 signatures

Usama Jawad — Mon, 09 Aug 2021 07:38:01 +0000

An open letter demanding that Apple halt the rollout of its photo scanning tech and issue a statement to reaffirm its commitment to privacy now has signatures from over 5,000 individuals and firms. Read more...

Tencent faces lawsuit from Beijing prosecutors over WeChat's "youth mode"

Fiza Ali — Sun, 08 Aug 2021 20:28:01 +0000

Chinese internet giants and the video gaming industry is facing criticism from state media over their celebrity culture. This has also prompted a lawsuit filed against Tencent by Beijing prosecutors. Read more...

Apple reverses stance about popular Mac app being named after a drug

Usama Jawad — Sun, 03 Jan 2021 06:14:02 +0000

Apple recently stated that the Amphetamine app for Mac would be removed from the App Store for being named after a drug and featuring a pill icon. Now, the company has reversed its stance. Read more...

YouTube is going to disable comments on all content featuring minors

Namerah Saud Fatmi — Thu, 28 Feb 2019 20:54:01 +0000

In an effort to further the cause of child safety and protection from sexual predators, YouTube announced plans to disable the comment section on all videos that have minors in them on the platform. Read more...

Facebook surveys users on course of action for adults asking minors for sexual pictures

Sharath Ravishankar — Mon, 05 Mar 2018 17:00:01 +0000

Facebook has asked for its users' opinions on the course of action regarding adults asking 14-year-old girls for sexual pictures; answers don't include calling the police as an option. Read more...

Judge strikes down ban on selling violent games to minors

Fri, 16 Jul 2004 14:59:44 +0000

A federal judge on Thursday struck down Washington state's ban on selling some violent video games to minors, calling it a violation of free speech. U.S. District Judge Robert Lasnik wrote that depictions of violence... Read more...

Lawmaker wants to keep minors from buying violent games

Marcel Klum — Mon, 01 Dec 2003 08:56:15 +0000

Assemblyman Leland Yee (D-San Francisco) plans to introduce legislation this week that would keep minors from purchasing first shooter videogames, where players need to kill in order to advance. "These first person shooter... Read more...