- 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 Ti ...
- 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 wi ...
- '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 ...
- 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 Digit ...
- 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 kid ...
- '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 chi ...
- 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 Ho ...
- 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 onlin ...
- 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 exper ...
- 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 ...
