Google announced Monday that the company is reversing its longstanding practice of allowing minors supervised by their parents via Family Link to unilaterally opt-out of those settings upon turning 13.

Google is reportedly teaching children to override parental controls, which hasn’t gone down well with parents. A woman named Melissa McKay penned a lengthy post on LinkedIn expressing her outrage over Google’s email to her almost 13-year-old child.

Google says it is ending its practice of emailing 13-year-olds step-by-step instructions on how to remove parental controls after backlash

Google's handling of teenagers' online autonomy is under fresh scrutiny after parents discovered that the company emails children as they approach 13, explaining how to remove parental supervision from their accounts.

Google has been accused of “grooming” teenagers by emailing under-13s and outlining steps to turn off parental controls on their accounts.

Google is emailing 13-year-olds instructing them on how to remove parental controls without consent from the parents. Google’s policy permits

After Facebook and Instagram, WhatsApp is finally next in line to impose parental control feature. A new report suggests that the messaging platform is developing secondary accounts, profiles designed specifically for minors and teenagers.

To set up Parental Controls on the Nintendo Switch 2, head to System Settings from the Switch 2 main menu. Parental Controls is the sixth menu option on the left-hand side. Here, you'll have the option to either proceed using the Nintendo Switch Parental ...