Apple Defends Its Smartphone Practices for Children After Investor Critique
January 08 2018 - 8:08PM
Dow Jones News
By Tripp Mickle
Apple Inc. defended its record of providing parental controls
and other protections for children who use its iPhones and other
devices, after a pair of prominent investors called on the tech
giant to take more steps to curb the ill effects of
smartphones.
In a statement late Monday, Apple said that its mobile software
includes extensive parental controls governing different types of
content and applications, noting that it started offering some of
them as early as 2008.
"We think deeply about how our products are used and the impact
they have on users and the people around them," Apple said in the
statement. "We take this responsibility very seriously and we are
committed to meeting and exceeding our customers' expectations,
especially when it comes to protecting kids."
The statement didn't directly comment on a letter sent to Apple
Saturday by Jana Partners LLC, a leading activist investor, and the
California State Teachers' Retirement System, or Calstrs, a major
pension fund. That letter, first reported by The Wall Street
Journal on Sunday, urged Apple to develop new software tools to
help parents control and limit phone use. They also asked the
company to assist in studying the impact of overuse of smartphones
on mental health.
Write to Tripp Mickle at Tripp.Mickle@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
January 08, 2018 19:53 ET (00:53 GMT)
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