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. ...

Many educational technology services, including those involved in distance learning, have inconsistent privacy and security standards, lawmakers tell the FTC. ...

Designed to provide measurement around COVID-19, Semcasting has developed a Digital Activity Score to rank online consumers with degrees of engagement to help advertisers get the most from their investments ...

The current, pandemic-fueled shift from physical classrooms to distance learning poses a threat to students privacy rights, a coalition of watchdogs said Thursday. ...

A class-action complaint has been brought against Google for allegedly violating privacy laws by collecting voiceprints, faceprints, and other personal information from children. ...

"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 ...

New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas is suing Google for allegedly "spying" on children who use the company's educational apps. ...

The partnership will give access to over 7 million Title I high-school students and teachers nationwide in middle schools within the Verizonl earning program. Schools will also get access to ...

Tinuiti's program focuses on high school, rather than college students. 22squared's interns challenged the unconscious gender bias in A1. ...

The low unemployment rate contributes to the challenge of finding and retaining top salespeople and has become a competitive advantage for many companies in the ad industry. ...

The program is being rolled out globally and will be tied to AI-driven intranet Marcel. ...

Apple is officially launching its new “Everyone Can Create” curriculum on Apple Books this week. “The curriculum joins Apple’s ‘Everyone Can Code’ initiative by offering teachers a way to integrate ...

A state bill in California wants to push public schools to teach students how to identify fake news -- as well as understanding growing digital citizenship and media literacy. ...

"It is YouTube, not PragerU, whose First Amendment rights are threatened here," Google argues in papers filed Friday with U.S. District Court Judge Lucy Koh in San Jose. ...

The academic open software partnership OLE(Open Library Environment) is appointing The Republik as its first-ever AOR to work on an entire brand refresh.  Previous work was handled by local agencies ...

The taxman cometh for Amazon sellers, many of whom advertise across the marketplace, in a variety of states. One company leading a grassroots movement on social sites like Facebook claims ...

Marketing automation platform Act-On Software announced the launch of Act-On University on Tuesday, the second iteration of the company's educational program. ...

Demandbase launched an online training program on Tuesday to help B2B marketers learn the fundamentals of account-based marketing (ABM). ...

The Times' sponsor-a-subscription program launched February 9, giving students in underfunded U.S. public schools and districts free digital access to the Times' content. The subscription also gives teachers and students ...

Mattel aims to bring a fully connected and AI-driven ecosystem to parenting with new products launched at CES. The Aristotle ecosystem centers around a connected, AI-driven WiFi and Bluetooth speaker, ...

Duolingo is getting social. The language learning app just debuted Language Clubs, which encourage users to share their learning achievements with friends. ...