Over on The New York Times, Somini Sengupta reports on the recent uproar over Klout creating profiles on minors. Bottom line: Five days later, Klout announced it would allow users to delete their profiles. And days after that, the company said it would no longer create Klout scores automatically for the Facebook friends of its…
Category: Youth & Schools
It’s for the children, Monday edition: Fairfax County debates surveillance cameras in schools
Drug dealing is such a problem in Fairfax schools that some principals want to install surveillance cameras. But it’s not just the drug deals. It’s also the food fights…. and maybe the bullying. And a lot of parents support the idea. Well, why not, most parents think improving safety or reducing bullying is a good…
Operator of Social Networking Website for Kids Settles FTC Charges Site Collected Kids’ Personal Information Without Parental Consent
The operator of www.skidekids.com, a website that advertises itself as the “Facebook and Myspace for Kids,” has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that he collected personally information from approximately 5,600 children without obtaining prior parental consent, in violation of the Commission’s Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”) Rule. The FTC’s complaint also charges…
It’s for the children, EU Tuesday edition
John Leyden reports: Improved safeguards and greater resources for law enforcement are needed to tackle the related problems of cyber-bullying and online grooming, according to a report by an EU security agency published on Tuesday. ENISA (the European Network and Information Security Agency) warned that the mishandling of personal information gathered using data-mining or profiling…