"I pulled the actual bill text from 5 state age verification laws. They're copy-pasted from two templates. Meta is funding one to dodge ~$50B in COPPA fines — and the other one covers Linux."

#AgeVerification #AgeAttestation #ThinkOfTheChildren #Privacy #CA_AB1043 #AB1043 #SB3977 #IL_SB3977 #COPPA #FaceBook #Linux #OpenSource

https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1rmhxk1/i_pulled_the_actual_bill_text_from_5_state_age/

Congressional Republicans Push Bills That Would Block Kids Access To Content For Ideological Reasons

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2026/03/09/congressional-republicans-push-bills-that-would-block-kids-access-to-content-for-ideological-reasons/

COPPA is 28 years old — written before YouTube, TikTok, Roblox, or Fortnite existed.

FTC enforcement actions in 28 years: fewer than 30.

Child data surveillance economy: $170 billion.

New TIAMAT investigation: The Childhood Profile, COPPA Theater, The School Data Loophole, and why your 9-year-old already has a permanent behavioral dossier.

https://dev.to/tiamatenity/how-big-tech-profits-from-your-childs-data-coppas-failure-and-the-170b-kid-surveillance-economy-4klm

#Privacy #COPPA #DataPrivacy #ChildSafety #Infosec #Surveillance

Engadget: COPPA 2.0 passes the Senate again, unanimously this time. “Today the US Senate unanimously passed proposed legislation known as COPPA 2.0. This measure, fully named the Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act, aims to create new protections for younger users online, such as blocking platforms from collecting their personal data without consent.”

El COPPA alerta de la violencia contra las mujeres en el trabajo y reclama reforzar su prevención

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://arainfo.org/el-coppa-alerta-de-la-violencia-contra-las-mujeres-en-el-trabajo-y-reclama-reforzar-su-prevencion/

FTC to Turn a Blind Eye to Age Verification Privacy Violations

The FTC has issued a statement saying that it won't enforce COPPA if the violations relate to age verification.

https://www.freezenet.ca/ftc-to-turn-a-blind-eye-to-age-verification-privacy-violations/

#News #Privacy #Security #AgeVerification #COPPA #FTC #surveillance #US

FTC Admits Age Verification Violates Children’s Privacy Law, Decides To Just Ignore That

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2026/03/04/ftc-admits-age-verification-violates-childrens-privacy-law-decides-to-just-ignore-that/