Nate Lanxon reports: The owner of Snapchat is working with British lawmakers on ways to stop underage users signing up to the popular social-media platform, its senior director of international public policy said Tuesday. Snap Inc.’s Stephen Collins told a committee of senior policymakers he had met on Monday with a U.K. working group trying…
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UK online pornography age block triggers privacy fears
Jim Waterson reports: The government will next week confirm the launch date for a UK-wide age block on online pornography as privacy campaigners continue to raise concerns about how websites and age verification companies will use the data they collect. The plan for implementing the long-delayed age block, which has been beset by technical difficulties,…
Senators Markey and Hawley Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Update Children’s Online Privacy Rules
March 12, 2019 – With increased tracking of children and teens online and the collection their personal data a widespread practice, Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) today introduced legislation to update children’s online privacy rules for the 21st century. The legislation updates the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) by prohibiting…
Russia blocks encrypted email provider ProtonMail
Zack Whittaker reports: Russia has told internet providers to enforce a block against encrypted email provider ProtonMail, the company’s chief has confirmed. The block was ordered by the state Federal Security Service, formerly the KGB, according to a Russian-language blog, which obtained and published the order after the agency accused the company and several other…