Companies that have paused their Age-Appropriate Design Code compliance efforts will have to pick the pen back up. South Carolina enacts an immediately effective AADC and California's Ninth Circuit vacated, in part, the injunction against the CA AADC.

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https://www.zwillgen.com/privacy/south-carolina-enacts-immediately-effective-novel-aadc-california-aadc-revived/

South Carolina Enacts Immediately Effective, Novel AADC; California AADC Revived by Ninth Circuit

Ninth Circuit vacated, in part, the injunction against the California AADC, which could be enforced imminently; South Carolina enacts AADC.

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FYI: ICO fines Imgur owner MediaLab £247,590 for children's privacy failures: UK's ICO fined MediaLab £247,590 for failing to protect children on Imgur, finding no age checks were in place from September 2021 to September 2025. https://ppc.land/ico-fines-imgur-owner-medialab-247-590-for-childrens-privacy-failures/ #ChildrensPrivacy #MediaLab #Imgur #PrivacyConcerns #ICOFines
ICO fines Imgur owner MediaLab £247,590 for children's privacy failures

UK's ICO fined MediaLab £247,590 for failing to protect children on Imgur, finding no age checks were in place from September 2021 to September 2025.

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A $10 million FTC settlement with Disney highlights how COPPA obligations may be triggered by content mislabeling on YouTube. Learn what businesses should be doing now in our new blog post: #COPPA #ChildrensPrivacy #FTC #ContentCreators
https://www.zwillgen.com/privacy/ftc-puts-content-creators-notice-10-million-coppa-settlement-disney/
FTC Puts Content Creators on Notice in $10 million COPPA Settlement with Disney

FTC’s $10M settlement with Disney over YouTube mislabeling highlights COPPA risks, content creator duties, and child privacy enforcement.

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TikTok Sucks in Canada Too

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TikTok Sucks in Canada Too

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FTC sues robot toy maker Apitor over children's privacy violations: Chinese company accused of enabling unauthorized data collection through JPush SDK without parental consent in federal court complaint filed September 2, 2025. https://ppc.land/ftc-sues-robot-toy-maker-apitor-over-childrens-privacy-violations/ #FTC #PrivacyViolations #ChildrensPrivacy #DataProtection #Apitor
FTC sues robot toy maker Apitor over children's privacy violations

Chinese company accused of enabling unauthorized data collection through JPush SDK without parental consent in federal court complaint filed September 2, 2025.

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Texas launches investigations into Character.AI and Meta for children's privacy: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton opens multiple probes targeting AI chatbots and social platforms for deceptive mental health claims and privacy violations. https://ppc.land/texas-launches-investigations-into-character-ai-and-meta-for-childrens-privacy/ #Texas #CharacterAI #Meta #ChildrensPrivacy #PrivacyRights
Texas launches investigations into Character.AI and Meta for children's privacy

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton opens multiple probes targeting AI chatbots and social platforms for deceptive mental health claims and privacy violations.

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The #FTC's new order requires NGL Labs to bar users under 18 with a neutral age gate—the first time the agency has banned minors from an online service. Learn about the implications of this landmark decision in our latest blog post #ChildrensPrivacy https://www.zwillgen.com/ftc-state-ag/were-not-gonna-lie-ftcs-settlement-contains-novel-requirement-neutral-age-gate-u18
We’re “Not Gonna Lie,” FTC’s Settlement Contains Novel Requirement for Neutral Age-Gate for U18

The FTC’s proposed order requires NGL to bar known users under 18, the first time agency has barred an online service from hosting minors.

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Australia: Children’s Personal Photos Misused to Power AI Tools

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Screw Facebook And Screw The FTC. Facebook is STILL selling kids data! Why the hell haven't they been totally shut down!? I am so pissed off about this, sorry for cussing in the video/podcast but seriously screw this company.

#News #Facebook #FTC #Meta #privacy #childrensprivacy

https://youtu.be/j-3PzBle08c

Screw Facebook And Screw The FTC

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