Tag: kids

In 2021, if you're a big tech platform with lots of children using your service, chances are you'll be in front of a committee of politicians sooner rather than later explaining how you keep those children safe.

Moonbug Entertainment is one of the biggest digital players in the kids music and animation industry. Financial results offer its latest figures.

Instagram was making a version of its app for children aged under 13. Now it's not – at least not for the moment. "We believe building Instagram Kids is the right thing to do, but we're pausing the work," wrote Instagram...

Douyin is the Chinese version of TikTok, and like other apps that are popular with young people in China, it’s facing pressure to limit the time they spend on its service. Cue what Douyin described in a blog post as...

It will soon be quicker to report on which aspects of the technology industry the Chinese authorities are NOT cracking down on...

AI music startup Popgun launched its Splash music-making app on gaming platform Roblox in May, and saw it used by more than one million players in its first 20 days. How's it going now? Still strong. "Wow, over 21M...

There's been a changing of the guard at the top of YouTube's lifetime views chart. Sorry, Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee, but you've been outgunned by 'Baby Shark'. The official video for the world's toothiest earworm now...

YouTube is keen to ensure that underage viewers aren't watching videos that are inappropriate. It's announced plans to "build on our approach of using machine learning to detect content for review, by developing and adapting...

Warner Music Group's Arts Music division has been steadily growing its catalogue of kids and family music, with partners including Sesame Workshop, Mattel and Build-a-Bear Workshop. Its latest deal is with a popular YouTube...

Spotify may have a separate app for kids, but it's far from the only music streaming service to be thinking about how children and their families listen. Apple Music, for example, said yesterday that its 'Kids and Family'...

Last month, Music Ally took part in the BPI and ERA's New Kids on the Block online event, looking at children's digital habits and what they mean for music. Research company Kids Insights produced a report for the event...

Lead: we report back on our recent New Kids On The Block: Insight Into A New Generation online conference that we ran in conjunction with UK trade bodies the BPI and ERA, drawing out the 10 key lessons from the different...