A federal court erred when it declined to block a Tennessee age-verification law, NetChoice said Wednesday. The trade association asked the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals to reverse the district court decision and issue a preliminary injunction against HB-1891, which requires that social media companies verify the age of account holders and gain parental consent from users younger than 18 before they can open accounts
The Computer and Communications Industry Association (CCIA) asked a federal court Tuesday to permanently block a Florida social media law that would prohibit kids 13 and younger from creating social media accounts through required age verification.
A Chinese toy seller violated children’s privacy law by allowing a third party in China to collect children’s geolocation data without parental consent, the FTC alleged in an enforcement action announced Wednesday.
An Australian government review of age-assurance technology shows that it "works, that it can be privacy-preserving and that it is mature enough to give policymakers real confidence," the Age Verification Providers Association (AVPA) said Monday.
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Disney violated children’s privacy law by allowing illegal collection of minors' personal data on YouTube, the FTC alleged in a $10 million settlement announced with Disney on Tuesday.
The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals scheduled oral argument on NetChoice's challenge of a Utah age-verification law for Nov. 20 at 9 a.m. MT.
Parents who allege Google's education products secretly harvest mass amounts of student information and data without knowledge or consent continued hurling accusations at the technology giant.
The as-applied challenges and vagueness challenge in NetChoice's amended complaint in a case against a Tennessee age-verification law should be dismissed, argued Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti Tuesday. In case 3:24-cv-01191, NetChoice argued the statute violates the First Amendment and other privacy measures (see 2501170070), but the U.S. District Court for Middle Tennessee declined to preliminarily enjoin HB-1891 in June (see 2506200017).
Organizations providing content accessible to kids “should prepare for greater legal and regulatory scrutiny,” said an IAPP analysis on age assurance published Monday.