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Senate Commerce Committee Passes Two Bills To Protect Children Online
The bills failed to make headway in a previous Congress.
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The bills failed to make headway in a previous Congress.
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Charter has selected Nokia for its 5G rollout.
Privacy
The $200 billion industry specifically targets children and other vulnerable populations, experts said.
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Bills ranged from addressing intermediary liability to limiting personal data collection.
Privacy
Existing digital privacy concerns are amplified in an environment designed to fully immerse users.
FTC
Epic’s $275 million penalty for alleged COPPA violation is the largest to date, according to the agency.
Privacy
Opposition to a reformed COPPA include the ability of the FTC to enact broad rule-making.
Privacy
‘We can’t keep overhauling the regulatory structure.’
Education
The policy statement provides the guiding principles for which the FTC will review the collection and use of children’s data online.
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Senator Edward Markey has been a proponent of increasing the age group in child privacy laws for years.
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New documents allegedly reveal Huawei is more involved with Chinese surveillance than previously known.
Privacy
March 11, 2021 – House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, D-N.J., on Thursday called for an update to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act at subcommittee hearing on “Kids Online During COVID: Child Safety in an Increasingly Digital Age.” “The challenges children face onli
Education
February 16, 2021 – As the educational technology industry sees an explosion of interest as more kids are schooled at home, the Federal Trade Commission’s acting chairwoman said the agency is prioritizing the privacy implications of that. Rebecca Kelly Slaughter said the FTC is taking an all-hands-o
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May 11, 2020 — A bipartisan group of senators on Friday urged the Federal Trade Commission to launch an investigation into children’s data practices in the educational technology and digital advertising sectors. Sens. Edward J. Markey, D-Mass., Josh Hawley, R-Mo., Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., Bill C
Privacy
WASHINGTON, January 14, 2020 – Google’s decision to require all content creators for YouTube to designate whether their videos are intended for children is negatively impacting online free speech, a bevy of influencers said at a TechFreedom event on Monday. The market-oriented non-profit organized p
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Locally-run internet service providers offer better broadband than their private sector counterparts, according to a recent study by PCMag. The data shows that six of America’s ten fastest ISPs either involve some form of public-private partnership or were run directly by a local community. “Local n