Children and smartphones Archives

“Oh, won’t somebody please think of the children?”

Digital Crack for Kids: TikTok Sued Again by 14 AGs

Richi Jennings | October 9, 2024 | Bytedance, children, Children and smartphones, Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), china, chinese government, Coppa, Privacy, SB Blogwatch, , spyware, TikTok, TikTok Ban, Won’t somebody think of the children?

For You Plague: TikTok’s in trouble once more—this time, some states complain it’s breaking laws by harvesting children’s data and keeping them addicted ...

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TikTok Abuses Kids, say DoJ and FTC

Richi Jennings | August 5, 2024 | Bytedance, children, Children and smartphones, Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), china, chinese government, Coppa, Privacy, SB Blogwatch, , 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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TikTok Abused Kids’ Data — UK Fines it $16 Million

Richi Jennings | April 4, 2023 | 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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Children, smartphones and the surveillance economy

Jacob Hughes | October 19, 2020 | Children and smartphones, Surveillance capitalism

For many children, smartphones are a gateway to greater independence and a more fulfilling social life. But smartphones can also open up a child’s life to the intrusive tracking, profiling and targeting ...

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