Apple’s new video explains Child Accounts, Ask to Browse, Time Allowances and expanded Communication Safety controls across iPhone, iPad and Mac.
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Brazil court gives Apple five days to lock minors out of casino app
A Brazilian court gives Apple five days to block minors from a casino app and require age checks before users can buy virtual chips on iPhone.
Child safety group's vans targeted John Ternus at Apple Fifth Avenue, per report
A child safety group lined Fifth Avenue with lit-up vans aimed at John Ternus as he opened Apple’s flagship New York store for the iPhone 18 Pro launch on September 18, according to AppleInsider. The group, Heat Initiative, wants Apple to do more to stop child sexual abuse material spreading through iCloud and to protect…
iOS 27 Communication Safety Now Covers Gore: The Four Operating Systems, and the Gap Apple Left
Communication Safety, the feature that blurs nude images in Messages, now covers gore and violent content as well, and Apple lists the change across four operating systems: iOS 27, iPadOS 27, macOS 27 and watchOS 27. Apple has not published where the assessment of a shared image or video takes place. Apple set out its…
Siri AI Has an Age Limit: Apple Says It Is Not Available to Users Under 13
Siri AI arrives in beta with iOS 27 on Monday, September 14, and Apple has published exactly one age rule for it: “Siri AI is not available to users under 13.” That single sentence sits in a footnote of Apple’s September 9 press release, and it is the only age restriction Apple has attached to…
iOS 27 Parental Controls: Ask to Browse, Time Allowances, Setup Assistant App Choices and Communication Safety
iOS 27 rebuilds parental controls around four additions: a Setup Assistant that lets a parent pick exactly which system apps a child can open, Ask to Browse permission requests for new websites, Time Allowances set by app category, and a Communication Safety layer that now steps in before a child sees gore or violence as…