Pixalate study: of the 1,000 most popular apps used by children, 67% in Apple's App Store and 76% in the Google Play Store send the ad industry location data
Geoffrey A. Fowler / Washington Post : Tweets: @sub8u , @geoffreyfowler , @gregbensinger , @emma_leik , and @senmarkey Tweets: @sub8u : The smartphone is the modern parent's greatest friend. And scariest enemy. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/... Geoffrey A. Fowler / @geoffreyfowler : New @washingtonpost by me: Apps are spying on our kids at a massive scale. 2/3 of the most-popular apps likely used by kids send their personal data out to the ad industry. Two-thirds! What are Apple & Google doing about it? Looking the other way. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/... @gregbensinger : Mgmt at 1/3 of apps for kids are now wondering why they aren't fully monetizing https://twitter.com/... Emma / @emma_leik : 🧵 The fact that by the time a child reaches age 13, online advertising firms hold an average of 72 MILLION data points about them should be of concern to parents, educators, advocates, children, policymakers tech founders/maintainers alike. But wait. There's more. https://twitter.com/... Ed Markey / @senmarkey : Big Tech is surveilling children and teens online and knowingly harming their mental health, all to turn a profit. I'm determined to stop these companies and call on Congress to pass my bill to close the loophole that powerful platforms exploit to track young people. https://twitter.com/...