Beyond parental controls: How Rotterdam’s ChatLicense empowers kids in the digital age
ChatLicense, a Dutch startup that helps kids and parents navigate online life, won the Global Impact Challenge hosted by Singularity University and SYNC Ithra earlier this month. The challenge sought to crown a startup developing solutions in the fields of misinformation, cyberbullying, and social polarisation, and ChatLicense won out of more than 500 global entries.
Pew Research found that parents find parenting harder today than it was two decades ago and they mainly cite technologies such as smartphones or social media as a reason. While parents are willing to give their kids smartphones, they are worried about their intended use. Marjolein van Tilburg, who co-founded ChatLicense with Martine de Leeuw and Jasper Wessels in 2022, is no different. Read full article @ Silicon Canals.