BBC launches ‘digital wellbeing’ Own It app for children

By 2019-09-17Science & Tech
Image caption The app will offer advice alongside the text and messages children type

The BBC has created a “wellbeing” smartphone app called Own It aimed at children.

It monitors how young people interact with friends and family online and through messaging apps.

It uses AI to evaluate a child’s mood so it can offer advice or encourage them to talk to trusted adults.

The app is designed to offer help and support especially if children are about to share sensitive data or send an upsetting message.

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