- New Bill Would Ban Behavioral Targeting Of Minors
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, July 29, 2021
The Protecting the Information of our Vulnerable Children and Youth Act, introduc ...
- CARU Updates Kids' Ad Guidelines To Address Growth Of Online Platforms, New Immersive Media
MediaDailyNews, Joe Mandese - Thursday, July 29, 2021
The Children's Advertising Review Unit has updated its children's ad guidelines ...
- Facebook To Prohibit Companies From Serving Behaviorally Targeted Ads To Minors
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, July 27, 2021
Facebook plans to prohibit advertisers from targeting ads to users under ...
- Vaccine Critics Seek To Revive Free Speech Claims Against Facebook
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, July 23, 2021
Children's Health Defense, an organization founded by vaccine critic Robert F. Kenned ...
- Deloitte, Mastercard Predict Heavy Spending On Back-To-School
Marketing Daily - Top of the News, Sarah Mahoney - Monday, July 12, 2021
"We've entered a new era of schooling where traditional back-to-school supplies a ...
- Judge Dismisses Children's Privacy Claims Against YouTube, Leaves Door Open For Suit By Teens
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Saturday, July 3, 2021
A federal judge has again dismissed claims that YouTube, Hasbro, Cartoon Netwo ...
- New Kids' FAST Promises Worry-Free Environment For Parents, Advertisers
Video Insider, Karlene Lukovitz - Tuesday, July 6, 2021
Sensical, from the for-profit arm of Common Sense Media, says its exper ...
- Advocates Petition Facebook To Axe Plan To Create Instagram For Kids
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, May 25, 2021
More than 180,000 people have signed petitions urging Facebook to abandon pla ...
- Lawmakers Step Up Pressure On Facebook To Scrap Instagram For Kids
Social Media Insider, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, May 18, 2021
"When it comes to putting people before profits, Facebook has forfeited t ...
- Bipartisan Bill Would Require Opt-In Consent To Track Teens Under 16
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, May 11, 2021
A bipartisan bill introduced Tuesday would restrict online companies' ability to u ...
- Advocates Call For New Curbs On Junk-Food Marketing
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, May 12, 2021
The U.S. "has continued to rely on an outdated self-regulatory model th ...
- Attorneys General Urge Facebook To Drop Plans For Children's Instagram
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, May 10, 2021
"Use of social media can be detrimental to the health and well-bei ...
- In The Battle To Create Social Media For Kids, Zigazoo Puts Safety First
Social Media Insider, Fern Siegel - Wednesday, April 28, 2021
The design is specifically geared to how kids could use and benef ...
- Amazon Must Face Children's Privacy Claims Over Voiceprint Collection
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Saturday, April 24, 2021
In a defeat for Amazon, a federal appellate court said Friday th ...
- FTC Urged To Investigate Google's Marketing Of Children's Apps
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, April 21, 2021
"The FTC must use its full authority to protect the interests ...
- GOP Floats New Curbs On Tech Companies
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Friday, April 16, 2021
Republican staff in the House suggest broadening the Children's Online Privacy Protecti ...
- 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 ...
- 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 a ...
- 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 Pl ...
- 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 th ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- 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 FueledLo ...
- 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 ma ...
- 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 ga ...
- 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 Netwo ...
- 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 pratic ...
- 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 dismiss ...
- 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, b ...