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Privacy Tip #502 – Kids’ Online Safety

The End Of Head‑In‑The‑Sand Children’s Privacy Practices

For years, plausible deniability was the online ad industry’s de facto workaround for dealing with children’s privacy. The concept of “actual knowledge” under the Children’s Online...

Age Data for App Developers Primed to Trigger Cascading Effects

The children's privacy risk model is changing in the United States. Historically, many businesses could credibly say they did not know whether children or teens were using their ap...

New Jersey’s Kids Code Rejects Age Checks. It Puts the Burden on Platforms Instead

New Jersey’s Kids Code bans targeted ads to minors, raises privacy defaults, and avoids the age-verification fights facing other internet laws.

DOJ Lands $400 Million COPPA Settlement With TikTok and ByteDance

The U.S. Department of Justice has announced a $400 million settlement with TikTok and ByteDance resolving children’s privacy litigation under the Children’s Online Privacy Protect...

Meta Settles Multistate Child Safety and Privacy Litigation

Increasing Risks for the Advertising Ecosystem: Lawsuits Relying on the Bulk Data Transfer Rule Gain Traction

On June 16, 2026, Judge Matthew Kennelly of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois denied a motion to dismiss in Baker v. Index Exch. Inc. This case was one...

CONSENT OR NO CONSENT?: Court Holds Ulta’s Privacy Policy Alone Is Not Enough For CIPA Consent

DOJ Lands $400 Million COPPA Settlement With TikTok and ByteDance

The U.S. Department of Justice has announced a $400 million settlement with TikTok and ByteDance resolving children’s privacy litigation under the Children’s Online Privacy Protect...

New Instagram and Facebook Rules for Kids: What Parents Should Know

Meta must change how its social media apps function for kids after a landmark New Mexico court ruling in State of New Mexico v. Meta Platforms, Inc. Judge Bryan Biedscheid ordered...

New Yorkers will soon need to verify their age to access algorithmic feeds

New Yorkers who want to see their Instagram or TikTok feed curated by an algorithm, or receive notification after midnight, will soon have to verify their ages to access those feat...

Illinois Just Told Every Operating System to Start Reporting Your Kid's Age

The Children's Online Social Media Safety Act has device makers collect the age bracket, but apps still have to act on it.

TikTok reaches $400M settlement with US over COPPA violations

The U.S. Department of Justice announced a $400 million settlement with TikTok, ByteDance, and affiliated companies over allegations that they violated the Children's Online Privac...

IHC seeks responses from PTA, PEMRA and ministries over regulating children’s social media use

Petition calls for age verification and stronger safeguards to protect children under-16 from online harm

New Jersey Enacts a Kids Code Act

I’m a gamer and a parent. The KIDS Act makes my kids less safe.

I was lucky to grow up during the adolescence of the tech age. Sleepovers meant Super Smash Bros. with friends. The 2000s meant building free personal websites and poking around wh...

Buried in Meta’s $18B settlement is a legal pass on kids’ data

Meta’s settlement with 29 states allows it to retain certain data from children under 13 to train and test age-detection models, highlighting a privacy trade-off built into the dea...

Meta's new rules for kids go further after settlement, but critics say not enough

Kids under 18 will soon see a host of changes to their Instagram and Facebook experiences thanks to a historic $18 billion settlement Meta Platforms reached Wednesday with 48 U.S....

Senate Commerce Advances Kids’ Online Safety Bills

From chatbots to connected toys, senators push new guardrails for kids online

Paramount Skydance Urges Judge To Toss Children's Privacy Suit

Paramount Skydance Urges Judge To Toss Children's Privacy Suit

Paramount Skydance Urges Judge To Toss Children's Privacy Suit

Paramount Skydance Urges Judge To Toss Children's Privacy Suit

Judge Orders Meta to Build New Child Safeguards. Advocates Hope Other Courts Follow

The new online safety measures would include a monthly time limit and AI chatbot restrictions.

CIPA in the Digital Age: What Businesses Need to Know About the Variety Media Appeal

For businesses operating websites in California, a pending appellate case may soon reshape the legal landscape. Variety Media, LLC v. Superior Court, now before California’s Second...

Children appearing in online content required to have work permit

The DOLE wants to regulate children who appear on any online content—specifically those who are 15 years old and below—by requiring them to have a work permit. As part of Labor Adv...