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• @ftc @ftc on x

  FTC to crack down on companies that illegally surveil children learning online. Agency issued policy statement warning that it's against the law to force parents & schools to surrender children's privacy rights in order to access educational tools: https://www.ftc.gov/... #edtech

• @justinbrookman Justin Brookman on x

  Today, the FTC adopted (5-0) a policy statement saying it will enforce COPPA against ed tech companies that condition access to their services on parents agreeing to unrelated data collection. A quick thread on non-retaliation and why it's important. https://www.ftc.gov/... https…

• @tonyajoriley Tonya Riley on x

  The FTC took a big swing at ed tech providers. The White House and children's privacy advocates in Congress are praising the move. More here: https://www.cyberscoop.com/...

• @cherkies Cheri Kiesecker on x

  Interesting. Wonder how the USDOE Office of Edtech will incorporate FTC's new COPPA policy statement. “Students must be able to do their schoolwork without surveillance by companies” https://www.ftc.gov/... https://twitter.com/...

• @linakhanftc Lina Khan on x

  1. Today's FTC Policy Statement puts firms on notice that under the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) & Rule, kids must be able to do their schoolwork without having to surrender to commercial surveillance practices. https://www.ftc.gov/...

• @maggiejordanacn @maggiejordanacn on x

  Please read the below FTC statement and their full policy at the link provided I thank the FTC for their pro-activity. Curious if anyone can provide a link to reports of this behavior already occurring. Thnkx https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...

• @hypervisible @hypervisible on x

  “The policy statement underscores that, even as companies across the economy become more aggressive in harvesting and monetizing individuals' data, ed tech providers cannot do the same” 💥💥💥 https://twitter.com/...