24 April 2025 –Ofcom finalises child safety measures for sites and apps to introduce by July Ofcom has finalised more than 40 practical measures for service providers to meet their duties under the Online Safety Act to protect children online. These measures include robust age checks, effective...
It explains how we collect, use, and disclose personal information collected online from children under the age of 13 in compliance with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”). All information below and references to “Your Child” pertain exclusively to children under the age...
WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – Some lawmakers say social media is harming the country’s kids. That’s why they are pushing a bipartisan bill to provide kids and parents with better tools to protect themselves online. “We lost our son Mason to the viral social media challenge, the ch...
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WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – Some lawmakers say social media is harming the country’s kids. That’s why they are pushing a bipartisan bill to provide kids and parents with better tools to protect themselves online. “We lost our son Mason to the viral social media challenge, the ch...
The civil society groups that signed Monday's letter, which includes several groups that advocate for the rights of the LGBTQ community, warned that the tools the bill creates to protect children could actually backfire. "KOSA would require online services to 'prevent...
The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 or simply, COPPA, was enacted in 1998 toprotect the privacy of children under the age of 13. It's a US federal law and it first became effective on April 21st, 2000. This law is applicable to US businesses, but it can apply to an...
Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn. shakes hands with families holding photographs of their loved ones, during a Rally to Protect Kids Online on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) Parents whose children have died or been seriously harmed as a res...
Alexander McCartney has been sentenced to prison in the "U.K.'s largest catfishing case" after being accused of preying on thousands of victims online. Oct 25, 2024 Family hopes new law to protect kids online prevents tragedies like theirs John Demay said that what started as a seemingl...
The last time Congress passed a law to protect children on the internet was in 1998 — before Facebook, before the iPhone and long before today’s oldest teenagers were born.