The US FTC says it won't enforce COPPA against companies using age verification tools as long as they use the collected data only to verify a user's age
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Wednesday issued a policy statement advising industry that it will not bring enforcement actions …
The Record Suzanne Smalley
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Discussion
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@meadorftc
Mark Meador
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Please read this for important guidance on age verification and COPPA compliance.
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@juliecbarrett
@juliecbarrett
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This is a head-spinning game of whack-a-mole!! The FTC issued a statement and a policy today incentivizing every major platform and app to use age verification systems. The new policy says that the FTC will not enforce COPPA against operators who collect personal data *only* [ima…
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@ftc
@ftc
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FTC issues COPPA policy statement to incentivize the use of age verification technologies to protect children online: https://www.ftc.gov/... /1
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@jmiers230
Jess Miers
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The FTC pinky promises not to use COPPA against tech companies that collect the personal information of minors to perform age verification. — We have completely and utterly lost the plot folks. www.ftc.gov/news-events/...
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@ckoppelman
@ckoppelman
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The point of COPPA isn't to restrict children - it's to restrict companies' use of children's data. — Age verification, OTOH, is meant to restrict children. [embedded post]
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@johnperrino.com
John Perrino
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The FTC just announced that the only national law protecting children's data online won't apply to age verification. — You know. The Federal Trade Commission. The agency that's in charge of keeping people safe and enforcing the only rules on the books to protect children onli…
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@andrewfolks.com
Andrew Folks
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“in pursuit of protecting children online, we've age gated the internet. To make sure people age gate risk-free, we've made it okay to scan children's faces. this will fix the internet and our children.” [embedded post]