Won’t somebody think of the children?
TikTok Abuses Kids, say DoJ and FTC
Richi Jennings | | Bytedance, children, Children and smartphones, Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), china, chinese government, Coppa, Privacy, SB Blogwatch, social media, spyware, TikTok, TikTok Ban, Won’t somebody think of the children?
For You Plague: U.S. Justice Dept. and Federal Trade Commission file lawsuit, alleging TikTok broke the COPPA law, plus a previous injunction ...
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EU Aims to Ban Math — ‘Chat Control 2.0’ Law is Paused but not Stopped
Richi Jennings | | Chat Control, Child Abuse, child exploitation, child porn, child pornography, child sexual exploitation, CSAM, CSEM, E2EE, encryption, end-to-end encryption, eu, Europe, European Compliance, european election, European Governments, European legislation, European Union, European Union (EU), SB Blogwatch, signal, WhatsApp, Won’t somebody think of the children?
Ongoing European Union quest to break end-to-end encryption (E2EE) mysteriously disappears ...
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Meta Sued for Ignoring its Underage Kids Problem (Because Money)
Richi Jennings | | child, child identity theft, child online privacy, Child Online Safety, Child protection, Child Safety, child security online, children, children online, Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), children's privacy, Coppa, facebook, Instagram, Meta, online safety for children, Privacy, privacy children, Rights of Children, Safety Of Children, SB Blogwatch, Won’t somebody think of the children?
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 ...
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Governments Try to Ban Encryption (Yet Again)
Richi Jennings | | Child Abuse, child exploitation, child porn, child pornography, child sexual exploitation, CSAM, encryption, end-to-end encryption, SB Blogwatch, signal, Threema, WhatsApp, Won’t somebody think of the children?
Déjà vu: Yet again, they’re tugging on the “think of the children” strings. But you can’t make math illegal ...
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TikTok Abused Kids’ Data — UK Fines it $16 Million
Richi Jennings | | Australia, Bytedance, children, Children and smartphones, five eyes, information commissioner's office, SB Blogwatch, TikTok, uk, Won’t somebody think of the children?
$8.50 per child: UK regulator punishes TikTok at 5.5% of revenue. Says app illegally tracked children ...
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EU Has Lost the Plot, Will Ban Encryption — Think of the Children
Richi Jennings | | child sexual exploitation, CSAM, encryption, eu, European Union, Privacy, SB Blogwatch, Won’t somebody think of the children?
The European Union “is failing to protect children.” Something must be done—and, yes, what they’re proposing is indeed something ...
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