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Google employees in different cities around the world have been doing their best to prove that Google is not evil. Well, I haven't seen this cited as an official reason, and I like to think that they're doing it because they care, but different branches of Google are helping children in a variety of capacities this holiday season.

A new online watchdog group has been created in the UK to help protect children from harmful content on the Web such as bullying and pornography.

Pssst. Hey kid! Want to earn a quarter? Tell your friends about this cool new video game, and it’s yours.Silly? Not really. Not when you consider a new survey out of the UK that suggests 49% of kids aged between 8 and 17 have a social media profile.

Young children and teenagers might not have jobs, but they inevitably have money.  GoFish intends to capitalize on this fact with a new ad network focused on online youth entertainment.

Ask.com has added something new to their Smart Answer collection by making the International Children's Digital Library available as a top-of-page resource for children's literature-related queries.

The BBC has plans to launch an online virtual world geared toward children. The site will be for 7-12 year olds and allow users to go online and explore content that will feature animation, games, music, and videos.

Food companies (no clue why others are not using it) are using the internet more and more to deepen children's exposure to marketing messages through online games and commercials, blurring the lines between advertising and entertainment, a new study has found.

It's only a couple of short hours away from the overwhelmingly anticipated release of the latest in the Harry Potter series of novels, "Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince." Children all over the world will wait in line to get their copy of one of the most renowned series of books of the modern era.