• Common Questions

    How do platforms verify children’s ages?

    There’s extensive talk about age verification. But what is it? How do platforms make sure users are old enough? And can they do a better job?

  • Ask the Experts—Webinars

    AI and Children: Risks and Opportunities of the Enhanced Internet

    Generative AI technologies like ChatGPT are changing the nature of online communications, work, creativity, and learning. What are the impacts to children’s social and cognitive development in this new, turbocharged Internet?

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    Algorithms 101: Youth and AI-Driven Tech

    What can families do about the growing influence of algorithmically-delivered content on youth’s development, preferences, and minds?

  • Ask the Experts—Shorts

    Children’s awareness of algorithmic biases

    From the #AskTheExperts webinar "Algorithms 101: Youth and AI-Driven Tech"

  • Ask the Experts—Shorts

    How Social Media Algorithms Exploit Youth Vulnerability

    From #AskTheExperts webinar "Algorithms 101: Youth and AI-Driven Tech"

  • Ask the Experts—Webinars

    Captive Market: Protecting Children in the New World of Online Advertising

    How does hidden online advertising impact children's attitudes and behaviors? How and why is youth data collected, and what can or should be done to safeguard children online?

  • Deceptive Marketing Tactics on Popular Platforms for Kids

    From "Captive Market: Protecting Children in the New World of Online Advertising"

  • Ask the Experts—Shorts

    AI, Social Media Algorithms, and “Echo Chambers”

    From #AskTheExperts webinar "PITR, IKR?: Youth and Communication in the Digital Age"

  • Ask the Experts—Webinars

    The Lure of Loot: Gambling and Manipulative Design in Youth Video Games

    Video games popular with youth increasingly contain gambling features and other design elements intended to entice children to spend real money in games - how is this impacting kids? What can be done about it?