Conditioning consumers earlier than ever, mobile apps designed for kids 5 and below are brimming with ads -- a fair share of which are “misleading” and “manipulative.” That’s according to the ...

Meta's new chatbots could result in an increase in data collection, while also confusing young users by muddying the distinction between ads and content, Senator Ed Markey said this week in a letter ...

Apps marketed to children 5 and younger deploy potentially manipulating tactics to deliver ads to children, raising questions about the ethics of child software design and consumer protection, ...