YouTube and other social media platforms are ramping up their parental controls as the online safety of minors continues to be a hot topic internationally.
The Google-owned platform announced on Wednesday that it’s implementing additional parental controls, particularly around the amount of time their children and teens spend watching YouTube Shorts.

Parents will now be able to set a timer for how much time children’s connected accounts can spend watching Shorts — YouTube’s equivalent of TikToks or Instagram Reels…

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