Apple announces new features to help protect children, including a revamped age rating system for the App Store

Apple has just announced a series of new tools, features and improvements that it says will “help parents protect their kids in a way that is designed around privacy”. One of the biggest changes is an overhaul of the age rating system that is used in the App Store, with the number of categories expanding to five. But this is far from being the only changes Apple is unleashing. See also: The company has published a document titled Helping Protect Kids Online. While there is something of a predictable self-congratulatory tone to it, there is a lot of reassuring information… [Continue Reading]