February 25, 2020 Google denies illegally slurping data off free student Chromebooks Nonsense! says Google in response to a lawsuit filed by New Mexico's AG, which accuses Google of violating COPPA's child privacy laws. Naked Security
December 06, 2019 Instagram trying to protect kids by getting dates of birth from new users It's about showing age-appropriate content, it said. Though staying safe from child-privacy lawsuits doesn't hurt, either. Naked Security
October 11, 2019 Facebook flags thousands of kids as interested in gambling, booze According to a new report, its algorithmic labelling may expose minors to age-inappropriate, targeted advertising. Naked Security
July 04, 2019 TikTok investigated (again) over how it handles children’s data and safety It's already gotten hit with the biggest-ever US child privacy fine, and now it might be facing a fine for GDPR violations. Naked Security
June 21, 2019 Government is exposing identities of child abuse victims DHS and FBI investigators are using Facebook profile IDs in court records - IDs that are easily used to look up their profile pages. Naked Security