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When Privacy Laws Force You to Know Too Much: The Perverse Incentives of Age Verification Regimes
How modern age-verification laws, like the California Digital Age Assurance Act, dismantle the principle of data minimization by mandating the collection of sensitive personal data, effectively turning "don't know" into "must know" ...
Digital Crack for Kids: TikTok Sued Again by 14 AGs
For You Plague: TikTok’s in trouble once more—this time, some states complain it’s breaking laws by harvesting children’s data and keeping them addicted ...
TikTok Abuses Kids, say DoJ and FTC
For You Plague: U.S. Justice Dept. and Federal Trade Commission file lawsuit, alleging TikTok broke the COPPA law, plus a previous injunction ...
Meta Sued for Ignoring its Underage Kids Problem (Because Money)
Don’t be square: Newly-unsealed COPPA suit says Zuck’s mob knows full well there are loads of users under the age of 13, but did nothing ...
Behind the Headlines: Understanding The FTC’s Microsoft Case
The Xbox network, more popularly known and branded as Xbox Live, has been one of Microsoft's most successful and popular ventures of the past two decades. Available in 42 countries, Xbox Live ...
Behind the Headlines: Understanding The FTC’s Microsoft Case
The Xbox network, more popularly known and branded as Xbox Live, has been one of Microsoft's most successful and popular ventures of the past two decades. Available in 42 countries, Xbox Live ...
What EdTech Companies Can Learn From FTC’s Recent Enforcement Action
Introduction The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) doesn’t shy away from enforcing actions against organizations that are violating laws put in place to protect the privacy of individuals. On May 22, 2023, the ...
Bipartisan bill in U.S. Congress seeks to help parents control data collected on kids
A bill proposed in the US House of Representatives on Jan. 9 aims to give parents greater control over the data collected about their children by amending the Children’s Online Privacy Protection ...
TikTok Fined $5.7M for Illegally Collecting Children’s Personal Data
TikTok has agreed to pay a penalty of $5.7 million in order to settle allegations that it illegally collected children’s personal data. The penalty effectively settles a complaint submitted by the U.S ...
