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A bipartisan group of lawmakers in Washington, D.C., has been working on ways to better protect kids online by giving parents the right to receive safety notifications through Federal Trade Commission ...

Hamburg, N.Y. (WBEN) - After enacting efforts to protect children from social media threats and banning smartphones in schools last year, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is building and expanding her goal ...

A House Energy and Commerce subcommittee advanced a slate of 18 kids’ online safety bills to the full panel Thursday despite Democratic opposition to key legislation that could complicate the effort ...

The FTC is making it easier for websites to use age verification tools to protect kids online, but privacy advocates warn of ...

Advocacy groups and experts condemned YouTube for serving up low-quality artificial intelligence-generated videos to its most vulnerable audience: children. In a letter to YouTube CEO Neal Mohan and ...

A leading child safety advocacy group has teamed with OpenAI to push for a statewide ballot initiative, which they say would be the most comprehensive artificial intelligence safety measure for ...

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A strict reading of the rule known as COPPA makes it difficult to gather kids' age data legally. The FTC now says it will not be strict. Reading time 2 minutes An FTC regulation that makes online age ...