- Due To COVID-19, 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, ...
- Viacom, Comscore To Settle Children's Privacy Lawsuit
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, February 28, 2020
Comscore and Viacom have agreed to settle class-action complaints alleging they violated young children's privacy by harvesting their data. ...
- Google Sued By New Mexico AG Over Students' Privacy
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Sunday, February 23, 2020
New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas is suing Google for allegedly "spying" on children who use the company's educational apps. ...
- TikTok To Launch Parental Controls
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Thursday, February 20, 2020
TikTok is launching parental controls to allow limits to be placed on what type of content children have access to, according to "ITV News." ...
- Unilever Stops Targeting Children In Food And Drink Advertising
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Thursday, February 13, 2020
Unilever has pledged to no longer target food and beverage advertising to children under age 12, "The Drum" reports. ...
- Massachusetts Sues Juul, Alleging Kid Targeting -- And Cites Internal Ad Strategy Docs
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Thursday, February 13, 2020
Other states have also sued Juul, but this is the first suit that cites the company's internal marketing documents as evidence. ...
- Spotify Launches Kids' App
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Wednesday, February 12, 2020
Spotify has released a kids' version of its app, which allows access to 8,000 tracks deemed suitable for children, the "Evening Standard" reports. ...
- Unity Technologies Reaches Settlement Of Children's Privacy Lawsuit
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, February 10, 2020
Unity Technologies, which provides tech services to gaming developers, has agreed to settle a class-action complaint alleging it facilitated behavioral targeting of young children, according to court papers filed Fri ...
- Child Protection Campaigners Urge Facebook To Rethink Encryption
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Friday, February 7, 2020
Child protection campaigners, led by the NSPCC, have signed an open letter urging Facebook to rethink encrypting messages on Facebook Messenger and Instagram Direct. The BBC reveals that the experts ...
- BBC Launches Multiplayer Game, But Without Ads And Loot Boxes
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Wednesday, February 5, 2020
The Telegraph is welcoming the launch of an online multiplayer game from the BBC, called Nightfall, as an alternative to commercial games which are filled with loot boxes and adve ...
- House Democrat Introduces Bill To Broaden Children's Privacy Law
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, January 30, 2020
A bill proposed Thursday by a House Democrat would allow parents to sue online companies that track their children. ...
- Rise In Boys Self-Harming, Is Social Media Contributing?
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Wednesday, January 29, 2020
"The Telegraph" is reporting on concerns that the rise of social media could be fuelling a fourfold rise in self-harming among boys. ...
- YouTube And Channel Operators Urge Judge To Dismiss Lawsuit Over Children's Privacy
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, January 27, 2020
The mother of a 5-year-old YouTube viewer has no grounds to sue the online video company or channel operators including Hasbro, the Cartoon Network, Mattel, and DreamWorks, for allegedly tracking ...
- UK Adds New Children's Privacy Protections
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Monday, January 27, 2020
The UK has added new online protections for children. Website operators and toy companies could face hefty liabilities for violations. ...
- Newspaper Websites Must Verify Ages Or Have Strict Privacy For All
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Monday, January 27, 2020
"Press Gazette" brings news that newspaper websites have received confirmation that the ICO's 15-point plan around designing sites to better protect children applies to them. This means sites will either ...
- ICO Protects Children With, Mostly, A GDPR Reminder
London Blog, Sean Hargrave - Friday, January 24, 2020
The privacy watchdog's 15-point guide has some useful clarifications, but it's mainly a reminder on GDPR. ...
- ICO Issues Rules On How Children Must Be Protected Online
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Wednesday, January 22, 2020
"The Telegraph" is hailing a new duty-of-care set of rules for online content providers as a victory in its campaign to make the internet safer for children. The ICO has ...
- Psychiatrists Call For Social Media To Hand Over Data To Better Protect Children
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Friday, January 17, 2020
The Royal College of Psychiatrists is urging the Government to force social media giants to share data on how young people use their sites so they can better understand the ...
- Big Tech Should Pay Children Compensation, 'The Telegraph' Told
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Monday, January 13, 2020
Former online child safety czar, Baroness Joanna Shields, has told "The Telegraph" the big tech companies should be forced to pay compensation to childhood victims of abuse, in a similar ...
