Google has been accused of “grooming” children for profit by emailing under-13s telling them how to turn off parental controls on their next birthday.

Teens will now need to get explicit permission to remove a parental supervision setting.

Google says it is ending its practice of eing 13-year-olds step-by-step instructions on how to remove parental controls after backlash from parents and parental rights advocates. The […] ...

Google accused of ‘grooming’ 13-year-old by telling them to ditch parental controls on their birthday - A mother raised the issue after her son received an email from Google ...

Google's handling of teenagers' online autonomy is under fresh scrutiny after parents discovered that the company emails ...