- Watchdogs Press FTC To Crack Down On Influencer Marketing
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, June 23, 2020
The Federal Trade Commission should step up efforts to discourage phony online endorsements, Consumer Reports urges. ...
- Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Twitter, Verizon Media Renew Pledge To Fight Child Sexual Abuse Online
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, June 11, 2020
A new initiative announced by tech platforms aimed at combating online child sexual abuse puts structure, membership models, and staffing in place to support long-term goals. ...
- Google Battles New Mexico AG Over Students' Privacy
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, June 10, 2020
Google is asking a federal judge to throw out a privacy lawsuit that claims the company violates federal law by "spying" on children who use educational apps. ...
- Four Senators Press FTC To Probe TikTok Over Children's Privacy
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, May 29, 2020
"As the ongoing public health crisis continues to catalyze children's increased tech use, the FTC must increase its attention to the dangers that minors encounter online, including the manipulation of ...
- House Democrats Urge FTC To Investigate TikTok Over Children's Privacy
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, May 28, 2020
"As children are spending more time online, busy parents deserve the reassurance that the federal government is diligently working to protect the online safety of their family members," Rep. Ann ...
- WPP, SuperAwesome Form Global Partnership Focused On Engaging Responsibly With Kids Online
MAD, Steve McClellan - Thursday, May 28, 2020
The agreement gives WPP agencies and clients access to the SuperAwesome team, which develops secure children's technology, as well as its engagement platform and array of tools. ...
- TikTok Still Violating Children's Privacy, Watchdogs Tell FTC
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, May 14, 2020
"TikTok's conduct shows that it is continuing to pursue growth at the expense of endangering children," advocacy groups say in a new FTC complaint. ...
- Children's Ad Watchdog Wants FTC To Question Ed-Tech Companies About Privacy
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, May 11, 2020
The Children's Advertising Review Unit says the FTC should question ed-tech companies about privacy, but expresses concern that issuing formal subpoenas could delay new COPPA regulations. ...
- FTC Urged To Probe Tech Companies' Use Of Children's Data
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, May 8, 2020
Many educational technology services, including those involved in distance learning, have inconsistent privacy and security standards, lawmakers tell the FTC. ...
- Google Can't Shake New Mexico Suit Over Children's Privacy
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, April 30, 2020
A federal judge in New Mexico said Google must face claims that AdMob violated privacy laws by knowingly collecting data from children who downloaded games created by mobile developer Tiny ...
- COVID-19 Case Study: Can Red Nose Day Leap To Digital?
Marketing Daily, Sarah Mahoney - Tuesday, April 28, 2020
The nonprofit had to move fast to reinvent its annual campaign this year, says CEO, Comic Relief US. ...
- Tech Firms Join Safety Campaigners To Tackle Online Harms
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Tuesday, April 28, 2020
British technology firms have joined up with online safety organisations, such as the Internet Watch Foundation and NSPCC, to launch the Online Safety Tech Industry Association (OSTIA). The group will ...
- 'Sesame Street' Help Brought To You By The Letters C-O-V-I-D
TVBlog, Adam Buckman - Thursday, April 23, 2020
How can parents explain COVID-19 to their young children? They can ask Big Bird to do it. ...
- Nissan, Rolls-Royce, Ford Engage Stuck-At-Home Kids
Marketing Daily, Tanya Gazdik - Friday, April 17, 2020
As parents struggle to keep homebound kids occupied, several automakers are offering solutions -- including a design contest. ...
- Watchdogs Seek New Privacy Protections For Students
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, April 16, 2020
The current, pandemic-fueled shift from physical classrooms to distance learning poses a threat to students privacy rights, a coalition of watchdogs said Thursday. ...
- Google Sued For Allegedly Collecting Students' Biometric Data
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, April 3, 2020
A class-action complaint has been brought against Google for allegedly violating privacy laws by collecting voiceprints, faceprints, and other personal information from children. ...
- Twitter's MoPub Agrees To Settle Privacy Lawsuit
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, March 31, 2020
Twitter's MoPub has agreed to settle a class-action complaint alleging the company facilitated behavioral targeting of young children, according to court papers filed Tuesday. ...
- Pandemic-Driven Kid-Related Video Boom: Even DIYs Are Diving In
Video Insider, Karlene Lukovitz - Tuesday, March 31, 2020
As views of kids' videos are spiking and hit classics remain most-watched, kid-oriented DIY videos like workouts and hand-washing how-tos and food-and-drink and science-and-tech videos are also trending up as ...
- FTC Extends Comment Deadline For Endorsement Guidelines
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, March 27, 2020
June 22 is the deadline for comments about questions like whether children can understand social media disclosures. ...
- New Mexico Children's Privacy Lawsuit Against Twitter, Other Tech Companies, Clears First Hurdle
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, March 26, 2020
The lawsuit, brought by New Mexico AG Hector Balderas, alleges that mobile game developer Tiny Lab, together with Twitter and other tech companies, violated the Children's Online Privacy Protection ...
- Watchdogs Want FTC To Demand Detailed Info About Children's Data
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, March 26, 2020
"No federal entity has conducted a detailed and compulsory study of industry practice regarding contemporary children's data collection practices across the digital landscape or ed tech," the Center for Digital ...
- Kids Rebel At Google's Home-School App With One-Star Reviews
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Friday, March 20, 2020
Nobody is doubting the good intentions of the people at Google in offering a classroom app to help kids keep up with schoolwork from home -- other than the kids, ...
- 'The Week Junior' Launches, Offers First 4 Issues Free Online
Publishers Daily, Melynda Fuller - Thursday, March 19, 2020
The intent is to pique kids' interest in reading through reporting on global and national news, science, animals, people, entertainment, books and sports. ...
- Kids' Viewing On The Rise In The Time Of COVID-19
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, March 19, 2020
National TV kids' networks have seen gains over the last week, as more children are now home from school, according to two different TV research companies. ...
- YouTube Hit With New Children's Privacy Lawsuit
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, March 18, 2020
A Massachusetts mother of two is suing Google for allegedly tracking her children's YouTube viewing habits for ad purposes. ...
- Social Media Companies Should Pre-Screen Content
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Friday, March 13, 2020
A new report is calling for social media companies to pre-screen content to stop it from appearing as it emerges that the UK is the third-biggest marketing for live-streaming child ...
- Dating Company Match Group Backs Bill That Could Discourage Encryption
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, March 10, 2020
Online dating company Match Group will tell lawmakers Wednesday it supports "EARN IT" -- a bill that could discourage tech companies from encrypting their services. ...
- New Bill Would Regulate Online Content Aimed At Kids
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, March 5, 2020
The proposed Kids Internet Design and Safety Act would prohibit websites from recommending unboxing videos, or other types of influencer marketing, to young users. ...
- Sen. Markey Blasts Clearview, Renews Demand For Information
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, March 3, 2020
"I am concerned that Clearview might be collecting and processing images of children in violation of federal law," Sen. Ed Markey says in a new letter to Clearview CEO Hoan ...
- Seven-Year-Old Child Playing With Toys Is YouTube's Biggest Earner
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Tuesday, March 3, 2020
Netimperative is covering research that shows what the top YouTubers earn and it may come as a surprise to many but a child who opens and plays with toys online, ...
