Category Archives: children
US parents file class action against TikTok over children’s privacy
Instagram trying to protect kids by getting dates of birth from new users
S2 Ep19: One of us just prevented a ransomware attack – Naked Security Podcast
Kids’ smartwatch security tracker can be hacked by anyone
Farewell the ‘porn block’ – a PR exercise but lousy policy | Amy Orben
The UK government’s porn block was a dead man walking for months, if not years. It is long overdue that this attempt to curb children’s access to online pornography is scrapped. Almost two years ago, a close colleague and I sat in a meeting with one of the policymakers who had recently been asked to implement the proposal. The pained look on his face when we queried his progress confirmed our suspicions that it was an impossible task. It was clear to many that the block could – and would – never come to pass.
The plan did not have just one achilles heel – it had many.
Scientists and other stakeholders cannot access information about what the population is actually doing online
Related: UK drops plans for online pornography age verification system
Continue reading...YouTube’s fine and child safety online | Letters
The conclusion of the Federal Trade Commission investigation into YouTube’s gathering of young people’s personal information (‘Woeful’ YouTube fine for child data breach, 5 September) shows progress is being made on both sides of the Atlantic towards a more children-friendly internet. The company was accused of treating younger users’ data in the same way it treats adult users’ data.
YouTube’s journey sounds similar to many other online services: it began targeting adults, found more and more children were using its service, and so continued to take commercial advantage of that. But the allegation is it didn’t treat those young people differently, gathering their data and using it to target content and adverts at them as though they were adult users.
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