- Facebook Urged To Cancel Plans For Children's Version Of Instagram
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, April 15, 2021
"Facebook's long track record of exploiting young people and putting them at risk makes the company particularly unsuitable as the custodian of a photo sharing and social messaging site f ...
- Kids' Advertising Game-Changer: App Data-Collection Settlements Finalized
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Wednesday, April 14, 2021
Collectively, the settlements span "tens of thousands" of child-directed gaming apps and implement "holistic protections" against personal data collection and behaviorally targeted ads for kids under
13. ...
- Google Play Apps Still Unlawfully Collect Children's Data, Advocates Tell FTC
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, March 31, 2021
Google continues to mislead parents by representing that apps on the Play Store intended for young children under the age of 13 comply with a federal law regarding children's privac ...
- Fisher-Price Sees Possibilities In Hoses, Ironing Boards
MAD, Larissa Faw - Wednesday, March 24, 2021
The "See Toys Everywhere" creative, developed with Wieden+Kennedy, is a reminder that toys are in the eye of the beholder. ...
- Already Diverse And Inclusive, 'Sesame Street' Names Exec To Make Sure
TVBlog, Adam Buckman - Thursday, March 18, 2021
"Sesame Street" is making every effort to ensure that the Muppets don't offend anyone. ...
- Twitter Slowed By Russian Authorities For Banned Content
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, March 11, 2021
Russian authorities Wednesday said they slowed the speed of users' uploading of photos and videos to Twitter in the country because the company failed to remove banned content. ...
- New Mexico AG Urges Appellate Court To Revive Privacy Lawsuit Against Google
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, March 3, 2021
"Google collects all sorts of information about students' online habits which it then uses to build profiles on individual students, and it does so without providing notice or obtaining conse ...
- FueledLoop Acquires 'Pregnancy & Newborn' Magazine, Builds On Its Maternity Market
Publishers Daily, Ray Schultz - Tuesday, March 2, 2021
The title joins a range of products for new mothers at FueledLoop parent Aeroflow Healthcare. ...
- Lawmakers Seek FTC Probe Of Online Math Game Over Marketing Tactics
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, February 26, 2021
The FTC should investigate whether Prodigy Education wrongly touts its online math game as free, Sen. Markey and Rep. Castor said Friday. ...
- FTC Urged To Investigate Prodigy Math Game Over Alleged 'Bait-And-Switch' Tactics
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, February 19, 2021
Prodigy Education dupes people by representing that its popular online math game is free, but bombarding young users with ads for a paid version that costs up to $107 ...
- Judge Throws Out Children's Privacy Claims Against YouTube, Channel Operators
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, December 22, 2020
A federal judge has dismissed claims that YouTube, Hasbro, the Cartoon Network and other companies violated children's privacy by allegedly tracking them in order to serve them with targeted ...
- FTC Launches Broad Online Privacy Investigation
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, December 14, 2020
The FTC on Monday launched an investigation into "dangerously opaque" online pratices by demanding detailed information from Facebook, Amazon, Twitter, YouTube and others about how they gather data about consume ...
- New Mexico Wants Appeals Court To Revive Privacy Claims Against Google
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, November 30, 2020
New Mexico's top law enforcement official has appealed a trial judge's dismissal of a lawsuit claiming the company violated students' privacy rights with its educational apps. ...
- Toyota Brings Back Feel-Good Drawing Contest
Marketing Daily, Tanya Gazdik - Wednesday, November 11, 2020
The world contest was on hold this year due to COVID-19, but the U.S. portion, Toyota Dream Car USA Art Contest, opens Nov. 16. ...
- 'Allrecipes' Supports St. Jude Children's Hospital's Holiday Campaign
Publishers Daily, Sara Guaglione - Tuesday, November 10, 2020
Magazine will support St. Jude Children's Research Hospital's annual "Thanks and Giving" campaign for first time this year, with content, promotional offerings. ...
- Google Defeats New Mexico AG's Lawsuit Over Student's Privacy
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, September 29, 2020
A federal judge has thrown out a privacy lawsuit brought by the New Mexico Attorney General over children's educational apps. ...
- FTC's Slaughter: Most Commissioners Support Investigation Of Ad Tech
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, September 25, 2020
"There's an enormously opaque black box into which our data goes that is turned around and used to target content towards us," says Slaughter, one of the five current F ...
- How WildBrain's Kids Digital Entertainment Network Lives On Data
Data & Programmatic Insider, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, September 21, 2020
Data powers just about everything entertainment media company WildBrain does, from building content to merchandising, said Jon Gisby, EVP, managing director at the company's digital division,
WildBrain Spark. ...
- YouTube Hit With $3 Billion Suit Over Alleged Use Of Kids' Data
Around the Net In Digital, Ray Schultz - Monday, September 14, 2020
A class-action lawsuit filed in the UK accuses YouTube of breaking UK and European data laws by targeting children. In addition, it seeks $3 billion. ...
- Preschoolers' Privacy Is Violated By Games And Apps: Report
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Wednesday, September 9, 2020
Children’s privacy is being violated by child-centered games and apps, in violation of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, a new study says. The study found that 67% of t ...
- Watchdogs Urge Potential Tik-Tok Buyers To Revamp Children's Privacy Practices
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, September 3, 2020
"TikTok continues to look the other way when it comes to children's privacy," the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood and Center for Digital Democracy say in a letter sent Thursd ...
- Hanna Andersson To Use Emarsys For Email Personalization
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Thursday, September 3, 2020
The kids' clothing brand is moving from blanket email to personalized communications, the firm says. ...
- Yelp Expands Tools To Help Businesses With Recruiting As COVID-19 Transforms Hiring
Inside Performance, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, August 18, 2020
Yelp has expanded its new guided questionnaires, adding 100 business categories and starting the hiring process by requesting a quote, appointment or consultation as C-level execs strive to gain insigh ...
- Disney, Viacom, Others Will Limit Data Collection To Settle Children's Privacy Battle
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, August 10, 2020
"Children will be protected from advertising based on any past online activities or any previously collected data in the subject app or anywhere else on the internet," lawyers for paren ...
- Grow Marketing's Initiative Supports Earth, Parents
MAD, Larissa Faw - Wednesday, August 5, 2020
The "Grow Together" initiative is based on three key insights that have emerged since COVID-19. ...
- 'Time For Kids' Launches Newsletter Camp TFK
Publishers Daily, Melynda Fuller - Tuesday, July 7, 2020
Camp TFK is curated by Time for Kids editors; it targets kids with a wide range of interests, skill levels and accessibility, with minimal supplies needed for each activity. ...
- Facebook Tries To Take TikTok's Place In India
Digital News Daily, Gavin O'Malley - Monday, July 6, 2020
Following the Indian government's decision to ban TikTok, Facebook is introducing Instagram's Reels feature to the country. ...
- 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. ...
