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Children?s Advocates Call for COPPA Act Reform

By pete_gallagher

As the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) begins a review of its Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), and the connected world becomes ever more connected, a gaggle of advocacy groups is calling for more stringent protections to protect youngsters.

Comments were offered to the FTC (PDF) by groups such as the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood (CCFC), the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), Children Now and the Consumer Federation of America (CFA). The advocates argued that when COPPA was originally passed in 1998, computers were the only means of accessing the Internet. Now, of course, cell phones, videogame machines and even interactive television provide additional ways for children to get online, and 'these developments have increased the risks to children's privacy.'

In a section on videogames, the advocates noted that: Read More

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Full post as published by GamePolitics.com on July 02, 2010 (boomark / email).