Parental controls have been a major focus in January 2026, and YouTube is the latest platform to step in with new safety-focused updates. With YouTube Shorts evolving into a core product, kids are ...

YouTube has announced a major update aimed at making its platform safer and more manageable for children and teenagers. With growing concerns around excessive screen time and short-form video ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. YouTube is introducing new parental controls on youth accounts that it says could limit how long kinds spend scrolling. The latest ...

YouTube is introducing new parent-defined limitations for kid accounts. Parents will soon be able to disable Shorts on their teens’ YouTube app. A new onboarding workflow for kid accounts lets parents ...

YouTube is rolling out new parental controls focused on teen viewers. As part of the update, parents can soon limit or completely block YouTube Shorts for teens. The update also focuses on improving ...

Global head of YouTube Health Dr. Garth Graham joins 'Fox & Friends' for an exclusive interview surrounding new parental controls on YouTube, including specific screen time limits for YouTube shorts, ...

YouTube will now let parents limit the amount of time their teens can spend scrolling through its short-form video feature, Shorts, or block them all together. The option is part of a group of new ...