In what would be a masterly stroke of self-parody, if it weren't all too true, the National Rifle Association has launched a shoot-em-up game aimed at children as young as four, exactly one month after the Newtown school massacre.
Apps and websites will have to jump through more hoops before gathering personal information on children, thanks to a set of amendments to the creaking Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA).
Fewer children are being exposed to unwanted sexual approaches and porn online - probably thanks to publicity and improvements in social networks' privacy policies, a new report finds.
The Federal Trade Commission is proposing changes to online privacy rules designed to give parents control over the information gathered by websites on their children.
Kids' app maker W3 Innovations has paid the Federal Trade Commission $50,000 to settle charges that it collected personal information about children without their parents' consent.
At the ripe old age of 19, Ryan Clearly, arrested in the UK last week over a series of high-profile hacks associated with LulzSec, is positively long in the tooth.
Cellphones disrupt DNA, impair brain function and lower sperm count, say scientists from Turkey, Russia and Israel, who present their results at a conference today in Turkey.
A new bill under consideration in California would force Facebook and other social networking sites to remove personal information on childrens' accounts at their parents' request.
After a number of high-profile cases in which children have run up massive bills through in-app purchases, Apple is reportedly tweaking its purchasing policy to help parents stay in control.
The Federal Trade Commission has confirmed that it's looking into Apple's controversial app marketing policies - but not because of their effect on content providers.
