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You can also prevent the playback of music with explicit content and movies or TV shows with specific ratings.

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Apps also have ratings that can be configured using content restrictions. You can also add specific websites to an approved or blocked list, or you can limit access to only approved websites. Depending on the access you allow, you might need to add information, like the website that you want to restrict.

The privacy settings on your device give you control over which apps have access to information stored on your device or the hardware features. You can allow changes to other settings and features, the same way you can allow changes to privacy settings. Businesses and schools often use profiles, which can turn on Restrictions. Contact your administrator or the person who set up the profile for more information.

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If you're setting up Screen Time on your child's device, follow the prompts until you get to Parent Passcode and enter a passcode. Re-enter the passcode to confirm. Go to Settings and tap Screen Time. If asked, enter your passcode. Choose a setting and set to Don't Allow.

Allow built-in apps and features You can restrict the use of built-in apps or features. To change your Allowed Apps: Enter your Screen Time passcode. Select the apps that you want to allow. Prevent explicit content and content ratings You can also prevent the playback of music with explicit content and movies or TV shows with specific ratings. To restrict explicit content and content ratings: Choose the settings you want for each feature or setting under Allowed Store Content. Here are the types of content that you can restrict: Prevent sharing what you're listening to with friends and seeing what they're listening to Movies: Prevent movies with specific ratings TV shows: Prevent TV shows with specific ratings Books: Prevent content with specific ratings Apps: Prevent apps with specific ratings.

Restrict Siri web search To restrict Siri features: Scroll down to Siri, then choose your settings. Critics called it creepy. Powered by artificial intelligence, Aristotle could get to know your child — at least that was how the device was being pitched.

It was designed to "displace essential parenting functions, like soothing a crying baby or reading a bedtime story," says Josh Golin , executive director of the advocacy group Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood. But Aristotle went further than that. It wasn't going to just give the child information. It would have been able to collect information from the child in the bedroom — and then upload it to the cloud.

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Parents, pediatricians and politicians raised concerns , including those about privacy. What would Mattel do with the information they could collect from children? About 15, people signed petitions asking Mattel to scrap its plans to sell Aristotle. A Mattel spokesperson told NPR in an email that after a review, the company's chief technology officer "decided that it did not fully align with Mattel's new technology strategy. But the idea of Aristotle is not gone. In fact, AI-powered devices are already in the home, and more are on the way. When you stop and think about it, the idea behind Aristotle isn't too far from what many families already have: Like Aristotle, these devices use artificial intelligence to try to engage family members in conversations.

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Their abilities are currently quite limited. For example, Alexa has a hard time understanding young children's questions. But the devices are designed to improve their skills over time. They can already provide entertainment for children: One family we talked to used Alexa to track the Mars Rover. In terms of privacy, both Alexa and Google Home are always "listening" to conversations. Once they hear a trigger word — such as "Ok Google" or "Alexa" — the device starts recording the conversation you're having with it.

Then it uploads the conversation to the cloud so it can learn better how to understand you and help you. Both Alexa and Google Home allow you to listen to the conversations, and the companies say you can delete them. You can read more about Amazon and Google's privacy guidelines here. Both Shen and Rachel Severson , a child psychologist at the University of Montana, have published studies about children's relationships with intelligent technology.

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