US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer says the Senate will take up the Kids Online Safety Act this week, signaling there's enough support among his colleagues
including children. The Senate should say NO to bills that undermine online privacy like KOSA. https://netchoice.org/... [image] Oma Seddiq / @omaseddiq : .@SenSchumer gets visibly emotional and tears...
The US FTC proposes more data protections for kids, including making targeted ads for under-13s opt-in and banning using select data for kids push notifications
and where firms are deploying increasingly sophisticated digital tools to surveil children.'” Jules Polonetsky / @julespolonetsky : Just when you thought you could log off for the holiday.... Zephyr T...
Sources: the FTC plans to file a complaint against Amazon alleging Alexa speakers violate COPPA by collecting data about kids under 13 without parental consent
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Sources: FTC to file a complaint against Amazon alleging that Alexa-powered speakers collect data about kids under 13 without parental consent, violating COPPA
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Sources: to satisfy regulators, YouTube officials are finalizing plans to end targeted advertisements on videos kids are likely to watch
even though they're not supposed to. Clear now? https://www.bloomberg.com/... via @technology @mhbergen Hamza Shaban / @hshaban : YouTube is finalizing plans to end targeted ads on videos kids are lik...
How COPPA came about 20 years ago, making 13 years the internet's age of adulthood, as a bipartisan COPPA 2.0 bill seeks to raise the age to 16
The inside story of COPPA, a law from the early days of e-commerce that is shaping a generation and creating a parental minefield Tweets: @wsj and @waituntil8th Tweets: @wsj : The internet age of adul...
20 years since children's online protection law COPPA was passed, it has been weakened by court rulings, uneven enforcement, and relentless technological change
Craig Timberg / Washington Post : Tweets: @geoffreyfowler and @byheatherlong See also Mediagazer Tweets: Geoffrey A. Fowler / @geoffreyfowler : How does YouTube get around a law aimed at protecting k...
Study finds ~3,337 free apps in Google Play's Designed for Families program that may violate COPPA, a federal law aimed to protect children from online tracking
Thousands of free apps available in the Google Play store are potentially violating a major federal data-privacy law intended …