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| May 12, 2021 | Children under 13 still can’t use Instagram | Share this article:
In March 2020, the Guardian reported that Facebook was exploring a parent-controlled experience of Instagram for children under 13 years. Following the announcement, a campaign for a commercial-free childhood addressed a... |
| Apr 16, 2021 | Mark Zuckerberg is being pressured to abandon plans for an Instagram for children. Advocacy groups worry about endless scrolling and body-image shaming. | Dozens of advocacy groups urged Facebook to drop plans for an Instagram for kids under 13.
They said the platform isn't a solution to preventing children from using Instagram.
Facebook has said it would be a parent-controlled experience all... |
| Mar 19, 2021 | 'Instagram Protects Children:' App Bans Minors, Created New App for Kids Alone | Lee Mercado, Tech Times 19 March 2021, 12:03 am
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Popular photo-sharing app Instagram reveals plans to build a version catering to children under the age of 13, Business Ins... |
| Feb 22, 2021 | Advocacy Group Files Complaint Against Math Game | Oh, you've only got the lousy free versiongetty |
| Sep 4, 2019 | YouTube to spend $100M on original children’s content | Creators of child-directed content will be financially impacted by the changes required by the FTC settlement, YouTube admitted today. The settlement will end the use of children’s personal data for ad-targeting purposes, the FTC said. To a... |
| Sep 4, 2019 | Google Gets $170M Fine and Pledges to Protect Children on YouTube. Will It Matter? | How much is $170 million? At first glance, it seems like a hefty fine—and it’s what the Federal Trade Commission ordered Google to pay as a settlement over complaints that YouTube had violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule, ... |
| Jun 25, 2019 | U.S. Senator and consumer advocacy groups urge FTC to take action on YouTube’s alleged COPPA violations | The groups behind a push to get the U.S. Federal Trade Commission to investigate YouTube’s alleged violation of children’s privacy law, COPPA, have today submitted a new letter to the FTC that lays out the appropriate sanctions the groups w... |
| May 9, 2019 | Amazon's Echo Dot Kids puts kids at risk, complaint alleges | Amazon's Echo Dot Kids, a smart speaker designed for children, fails to adequately protect children's privacy by illegally keeping data on children even after their parents try to delete it, according to a new complaint from consumer advoca... |
| Apr 17, 2019 | Waterford Gets $20M+ Grant for Online Preschool. Its Critics Are Not Happy. | In the world of education, some debates rage eternal. How much testing is too much? What’s the right balance between public schools and charters? And lately, are digital screens appropriate for teaching young learners?
That last question is... |
| Dec 19, 2018 | Consumer advocacy groups call on FTC to investigate kids’ apps on Google Play | A coalition of 22 consumer and public health advocacy groups, led by Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood (CCFC) and Center for Digital Democracy (CDD), have today filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission asking them to inves... |
| Sep 6, 2018 | Kadho debuts Kidsense A.I., offline speech-recognition tech that understand kids | Kadho, a company building automatic speech recognition technology to help children communicate with voice-powered devices, is officially exiting stealth today at TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2018 where it’s launching its new technology, Kidsense E... |
| May 16, 2018 | Echo Dot Kids Raises Privacy Concerns: Why Parents Shouldn't Buy The New Smart Speaker | Ron Caraos, Tech Times 16 May 2018, 10:05 am
Amazon's release of Echo Dot Kids has been met with resistance from concerned individuals and organizations, which claim that it might be harmful to children.
Amazon believes otherwise, but accor... |
| May 1, 2018 | Facebook Messenger Kids Getting Sleep Mode Giving Parents Greater Control Over Usage | Jean-Pierre Chigne, Tech Times 01 May 2018, 07:05 am
Facebook's Messenger Kids app will be giving parents control over when their children can use the messaging app. On April 27, Messenger Kids is getting the sleep mode feature which lets p... |
| Apr 9, 2018 | Privacy groups complain that YouTube is illegally collecting children’s data | With concerns over online privacy reaching a fever pitch in recent weeks, 20 consumer advocacy groups on Monday filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), claiming YouTube violates child privacy laws by collecting and using ... |
| Apr 9, 2018 | Associações acusam YouTube de coletar dados de crianças ilegalmente | Uma coalisão formada por 23 organizações sociais dos Estados Unidos denunciou o YouTube à Comissão Federal de Comércio (FTC, na sigla em inglês) sob acusação de que o serviço coleta, sem aviso ou autorização, dados de crianças com menos de ... |
| Apr 9, 2018 | YouTube violates children's privacy, consumer groups claim | With Facebook under fire following the Cambridge Analytica scandal, privacy groups are now taking aim at the other major data-collecting company that rules the digital advertising landscape: Google.
Consumer privacy experts allege Google (G... |
| Apr 9, 2018 | YouTube illegally collects children’s data, consumer advocacy groups complain | Last month, the headlines were filled with news of Facebook breaking privacy laws and illegally harvesting users’ data. Now, twenty two consumer advocacy groups have filed a complaint to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) accusing YouTube o... |
| Feb 5, 2018 | Why I decided to install Messenger Kids | I’ve been struggling with whether or not to download Facebook’s new app aimed at children, Messenger Kids, onto my daughter’s iPad. This weekend, I took the plunge. I sat with her as she typed her first message and sent a selfie. I watched ... |
| Jan 31, 2018 | This is the exact age kids should be allowed on Facebook | Originally Published by:
Related stories:: YouTube struggles to prevent alarming and violent videos Five ways to keep the government from spying on you As sexual harassment scandals multiply, parents rethink how they raise their children
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| Jan 30, 2018 | Facebook Under Fire To Shutter Messenger Kids App: Child Experts Send Open Letter To Mark Zuckerberg | Alexandra Burlacu, Tech Times 30 January 2018, 10:01 pm
Facebook recently launched Messenger Kids as a solution for kids under 13 to be on social media without having their own Facebook account, but child experts still warn of its impacts a... |
| Jan 30, 2018 | Especialistas em saúde pedem para Facebook encerrar Messenger Kids | Há quase dois meses que o Facebook lançou o Messenger Kids, como o nome sugere, um aplicativo de mensagens instantâneas para crianças. Parece uma boa ideia porque os pais controlam o acesso ao serviço. Mas uma coalização formada por educado... |
| Jan 30, 2018 | Child health advocates call for Facebook to shutter Messenger Kids app | The slings and arrows of outrage keep flying at Facebook . Today a coalition of child health advocates has published an open letter addressing CEO Mark Zuckerberg and calling for the company to shutter Messenger Kids: Aka the Snapchat-ish c... |
| Jan 30, 2018 | Child health groups urge Facebook to kill the Messenger Kids app | Not too long ago, Facebook launched a standalone Messenger app for children that would allow kids to chat with friends and family under tight supervision from parents.
However, a child health advocacy group backed up by several other simila... |
| May 24, 2017 | Massive Data Breaches, Billions in Wasted Funds: Who Is Holding Edtech Vendors Accountable? | In 2014, University of Maryland President Wallace Loh made a desperate appeal to the Senate to support legislation that would force businesses to more aggressively address the cybersecurity issues that cost his university millions of dollar... |
| Apr 25, 2017 | YouTube Kids comes to smart TVs | YouTube Kids, the application offering a filtered version of YouTube that’s more kid-friendly, is now natively available on the big screen for the first time, Google announced today. Previously a mobile-only application, YouTube Kids will n... |
| Oct 24, 2016 | FTC complaint alleges Google, Disney & others profit from deceptive ads aimed at kids | Consumer watchdog groups, CCFC, Public Citizen, and the Center for Digital Democracy, are again targeting the deceptive advertising practices of “influencer marketing” in a new complaint filed with the FTC on Friday. The groups specifically... |
| Dec 16, 2015 | Hello Barbie, hello hackers: accessing personal data will be child’s play | At the top of some children’s Christmas present wish list this year will be the new Hello Barbie doll.
Mattel’s latest doll connects to the internet via Wi-Fi and uses interactive voice response (IVR) to effectively converse with children. ... |
| Nov 27, 2015 | Wi-Fi Barbie could be putting your kids at risk | The latest Wi-Fi enabled Hello Barbie dolls could be putting your children at risk according to security researchers.
Using a combination of speech recognition technology and wireless connection Hello Barbie provides, "...an engaging a... |
| Nov 24, 2015 | YouTube Kids Faces Further FTC Complaints Related To Junk Food Ads Targeting Young Children | Consumer watchdog groups announced today they’ve filed additional complaints with the FTC over the advertising content in the YouTube Kids application. The complains this time focus on how the app allows food and drink advertisers to violat... |
| Jun 17, 2015 | Following FTC Complaints, Senator Nelson Asks Google For Answers On YouTube Kids App Content | U.S. Senator Bill Nelson sent a letter to Google CEO Larry Page on Tuesday asking the company to detail how it selects content for the YouTube Kids application, and what steps Google is taking to ensure children are not being exposed to uns... |
| May 31, 2015 | All Screens Are Not Created Equal | Björn Jeffery Contributor
Björn Jeffery is the CEO and co-founder of Toca Boca
Recently, Taiwanese lawmakers approved the “Child and Youth Welfare and Protection Act,” making it illegal for children under the age of 18 to use electronic dev... |
| May 19, 2015 | YouTube Kids app has sex, drugs, and program-length ads, advocacy groups say | reader comments 67 with 46 posters participating
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Child and consumer advocacy groups are unhappy with Google's new YouTube Kids app, which launched in February of this year.... |
| May 19, 2015 | YouTube Kids App Reported To FTC For Featuring Videos With Adult Content | YouTube Kids, YouTube’s initial entry into making its video-sharing service more accessible to parents and their children, has come under fire yet again. Two consumer groups, the Center for Digital Democracy and the Campaign for a Commercia... |
| May 18, 2015 | Google’s ‘kid-friendly’ app YouTube Kids shows some very grown-up videos | Two consumer groups have found some pretty appallingly adult content in Google’s ostensibly child-friendly video app, YouTube Kids.
The two groups allege that “Google is deceiving parents by marketing YouTube Kids as a safe place for childr... |
| May 18, 2015 | Google’s ‘kid-friendly’ app YouTube Kids shows some very grown-up videos | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
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| Oct 26, 2010 | Is “Kewl Breeze” a superkid, a sneaker, or a commercial? | reader comments 56 with 38 posters participating
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How commercialized do we want our children's television to be? That thorny question has reared itself again, as the Federal... |
| Aug 26, 2009 | Transformers movies caught in FCC content filtering inquiry | reader comments 59 with 49 posters participating
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The Federal Communications Commission has until the end of this week to give Congress the compendium it asked for of just a... |
| Feb 12, 2009 | Video games find new retail space: in-school book sales | reader comments 19 with 17 posters participating
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Video games are hard to escape. They're advertised on television and in print, they live in our living rooms and take time ... |
| Aug 13, 2007 | DVDs targeted to toddlers may delay vocabulary growth | reader comments with 0 posters participating
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It's easy for parents to get confused by the mixed signals they receive regarding educational media. The American Medical Assoc... |
| Privacy groups complain that YouTube is illegally collecting children’s data | With concerns over online privacy reaching a fever pitch in recent weeks, 20 consumer advocacy groups on Monday filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), claiming YouTube violates child privacy laws by collecting and using ... |
| Child health groups urge Facebook to kill the Messenger Kids app | Not too long ago, Facebook launched a standalone Messenger app for children that would allow kids to chat with friends and family under tight supervision from parents.
However, a child health advocacy group backed up by several other simila... |