Google coming for your children, says The Information

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Google has been working on a suite of tools that would let kids more easily use its services with permission from their parents, including a child-safe version of YouTube.

Under the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, sites that want let kids under 13 sign up need to get permission from their parents. But if companies actually build out products and services that let parents constructively manage how their kids use their sites, it's far more likely parents will actually sign up and give permission upfront.


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