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Children's advocates ask FTC to investigate Google for targeting ads to kids
1 year, 4 months ago

Children's advocates ask FTC to investigate Google for targeting ads to kids

The Hindu  

Children’s advocacy groups including Fairplay and Common Sense Media are asking the Federal Trade Commission to investigate Google, saying the tech giant serves personalized ads to kids on YouTube despite federal law prohibiting the practice. In response to the Times report, Google said last week that it did not run personalized ads on children’s videos and that its ad practices …

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U.S. FTC asks social media, video streaming firms for data on misleading ads
1 year, 9 months ago

U.S. FTC asks social media, video streaming firms for data on misleading ads

The Hindu  

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Thursday issued orders to eight social media and video streaming firms including Meta Platforms Inc., Twitter, TikTok, and YouTube, seeking information on how the platforms screen for misleading Snap, Amazon.com Inc.-owned Twitch, Pinterest, and Instagram are the other companies which are all required to provide information such as ad revenue and number of views …

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U.S. FTC seeks info on how Facebook, Twitter, TikTok and others use personal data
4 years ago

U.S. FTC seeks info on how Facebook, Twitter, TikTok and others use personal data

The Hindu  

The Federal Trade Commission is seeking information from Facebook, Twitter and other social media and video streaming companies about how they use the personal information that they collect on their users, the U.S. agency said on Monday. In addition to Facebook Inc and Twitter Inc, the orders requesting data were sent to Facebook subsidiary WhatsApp, Amazon.com Inc, China's ByteDance unit …

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Agency homing in on social media companies’ data collection
4 years ago

Agency homing in on social media companies’ data collection

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Federal regulators are ordering Facebook, Twitter, Amazon, TikTok’s parent and five other social media companies to provide detailed information on how they collect and use consumers’ personal data and how their practices affect children and teens. With its new request, the FTC wants to know how social media and video streaming services collect, use and track consumers’ personal …

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YouTube wants FTC to clarify kids' privacy law
5 years, 1 month ago

YouTube wants FTC to clarify kids' privacy law

The Quint  

San Francisco, Dec 11 Google-owned YouTube wants the US government to clarify how much its video service is subject to child privacy law. "Currently, the FTC's guidance requires platforms must treat anyone watching primarily child-directed content as children under 13. Since then, many creators have expressed concern about the complexity of Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, their ability to comply …

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YouTube to pay $170M fine after violating kids’ privacy law
5 years, 4 months ago

YouTube to pay $170M fine after violating kids’ privacy law

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Google will pay $170 million to settle allegations its YouTube video service collected personal data on children without their parents’ consent. In YouTube’s lengthy terms of service, those who are under 13 are simply asked, “please do not use the Service.” Yet many popular YouTube channels feature cartoons or sing-a-longs made for children. The FTC’s complaint includes as …

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AP Explains: How YouTube is changing what it shows kids
5 years, 4 months ago

AP Explains: How YouTube is changing what it shows kids

Associated Press  

YouTube is changing what it shows kids. The new business practices, along with $170 million in fines, settle allegations by the Federal Trade Commission and New York state that YouTube owner Google violated children’s online privacy by collecting personal data without parents’ permission. YouTube acknowledged Wednesday that “the likelihood of children watching without supervision has increased” since its founding because …

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Google and FTC reach $170 million settlement over alleged YouTube violations of kids’ privacy
5 years, 4 months ago

Google and FTC reach $170 million settlement over alleged YouTube violations of kids’ privacy

CNN  

Washington CNN Business — Google has agreed to pay a record $170 million penalty to settle accusations that YouTube broke the law when it knowingly tracked and sold ads targeted to children, the Federal Trade Commission and the state of New York said Wednesday. In other examples, the FTC said, Google clearly knew it could face obligations in some circumstances …

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YouTube to comply with US FTC by reportedly removing targeted ads on child-centric videos
5 years, 4 months ago

YouTube to comply with US FTC by reportedly removing targeted ads on child-centric videos

Firstpost  

YouTube had been mulling over shifting all its children-related content away from the main platform. Most recently, it is being reported that the company is “finalising plans” to end ads on uploaded videos that children are quite likely to watch. As per Bloomberg, this move is quite likely being made to appease the FTC which has recently reached a settlement …

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TikTok agrees to pay $8m fine for Children's Online Privacy Protection Act violations
5 years, 10 months ago

TikTok agrees to pay $8m fine for Children's Online Privacy Protection Act violations

ABC  

The operator of a video-sharing app popular with teenagers has agreed to pay $US5.7 million to settle US Government claims it illegally collected personal information from children. Key points: The app allegedly violated the US Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, which requires kid-oriented websites to get parents' consent FTC's Andrew Smith said the operators also did not honour parents' requests …

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