A coalition has filed a complaint with the FTC, charging that Google’s YouTube is breaking COPPA: the law to protect children’s privacy.
Tag Archives: children
Role players get cuddly with photos of other people’s kids
It’s disturbing to see your child’s photo in adoption role play. It’s scarier still to see the #BabyRP hashtag lumped in with sexual tags.
Social media etiquette for Jim Carrey (and everyone else)
Jim Carrey has apologized for tweeting a photo of a child without asking for permission. He’s not the first! 
Thinkuknow: What kids are up to online and how to protect them
How to teach 5-year-olds that people online aren’t always who they say they are, that older kids don’t have to suffer bullying in silence, and much more. 
17% of parents ignore privacy settings but still post hundreds of photos of kids online
Parents upload an average of 973 photos of kids on social media before they hit 5 but 17% admit they don’t check privacy settings, ever.
Are smartphones bad for our kids?
The rate of suicide and self-harm among children is exploding, and one therapist is pointing a finger at constant internet access.
Google plans YouTube clean-up, ready for kid customers
The new services reportedly will include a dashboard for parents, a child-safe YouTube, and a new age requirement on Android gadgets. This might be a good thing. Can you imagine a YouTube that won’t make you feel like you need a shower after a viewing session? Then this might be a bad thing. Helloooooo, micro-data-mining!
Facebook ordered to disclose records on underage users
Facebook says it doesn’t keep them longer than six months, but a court in Belfast is nonetheless ordering it to hand over any records it might have or control about its underage users. The case concerns a girl who, starting at the age of 11, took out four Facebook accounts and used them to post sexually suggestive photos. 
Is Facebook coming for your kids?
It’s once again filed a patent application for a system that lets children sign up with the authorisation of a parent, as opposed to just slipping through the cracks by lying about their age. Is Facebook doing enough to keep them safe? 