These new tech toys could harvest kids' data, strain mental health, and expose them to online creeps.
. Data brokers and harvesters, meanwhile, are as eager as ever to siphon up youngerIt’s with those concerns in mind that nonprofit child safety organization ParentsTogether decided to put together its 2022. The organization says it compiled the list, not necessarily as a “what not to buy” list, but rather to serve as a conversation piece to help parents learn about the dangers some seemingly innocuous toys could pose.
“As we approach the holiday season, parents are starting to think about what gifts to buy their children, and with kids spending so much time online between school and play, tech products are inevitably coming up,” ParentsTogether, Campaign Director Shelby Knox said in a statement.
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