Wendy Davis reports: Advocacy group Electronic Privacy Information Center is asking an appellate court to revive a lawsuit accusing Google and Viacom of violating a federal video privacy law. The dispute centers on allegations that Viacom allowed Google to set tracking cookies on the kids’ site Nick.com. Read more on Media Post.
Category: Youth & Schools
MD: Governor should veto flawed student privacy bill
James Steyer of Common Sense Media has an OpEd in the Baltimore Sun. It begins: Among the bills awaiting action from Gov. Larry Hogan‘s desk is House Bill 298, a proposal that does more harm than good when it comes to keeping kids’ private and personal information out of the hands of technology companies. Governor Hogan should veto…
Right to privacy in Vietnam media: we are still failing our children
Thanh Nguyen writes: Earlier this month a national TV channel came under fire for a news report on some 17-year-olds smoking shisha. While the problem was whether VTC14’s reporter tricked the children into smoking to stage the report, it was a rare case in which a Vietnamese media agency was openly criticized for violating ethical…
MO: Students hack into classmates’ email accounts, cyberbully Belton Middle School seventh grader
Melissa Stern reports: A metro mom says some students have taken cyberbullying to a whole new level. Her daughter is the victim, and she says school-issued technology is to blame. Amy Laughlin says school-issued iPads at Belton Middle School have become more problematic than useful. Her daughter in the seventh grade says she’s receiving bullying emails…