News & Updates

Children’s Online Privacy Panel
  Thursday, November 17th, 2011         Age Verification, COPPA, Online Privacy, Social Media
California Attorney General Kamala Harris had just managed to successfully unnerve a group of about 100 parents and educators with this online exchange between two 16-year-olds. Those in the crowd, which had gathered Monday night at the Center For Early Education for a panel on children's online privacy, muttered worriedly among themselves as they tried to decipher the instant message language.

FDA Acts to Stop Illegal Tobacco Sales to Kids
  Wednesday, November 16th, 2011         Age Verification, Integrity News
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration sent Warning Letters to more than 1,200 retailers, the majority of which respond to violations relating to selling tobacco to minors, as part of its ongoing effort to reduce tobacco use among children.

Electronic Cigarettes to be Regulated as Tobacco Products
  Wednesday, November 16th, 2011         Age Verification, Integrity News
Electronic cigarettes are now on FDA list to have age verification by January 2012. Aristotle will be offering age verification products to these companies starting immediately.

Regulators Say Social Network Violated Child Privacy Law
  Thursday, November 10th, 2011         COPPA, Integrity News, Social Media, Technology News
Skid-e-Kids describes itself as a Facebook for children ages 7 to 14. It allows them to watch “age-appropriate” movies and socialize with their friends, and it stipulates that “parents are in charge.”

FOSI Asks: What is Safe and Healthy Online Use?
  Wednesday, November 9th, 2011         Events
The Family Online Safety Institute (FOSI) will host its 5th Annual Conference and Exhibition: "Evaluate. Innovate. Collaborate. Strategies for Safe and Healthy Online Use."

Flawed Facebook Research
  Friday, November 4th, 2011         Age Verification, COPPA, Online Privacy, Social Media
From the Center for Digital Democracy, flawed Facebook and COPPA study funded by Microsoft fails to ask the right questions, presents disturbing conflicts of interest throughout.

The Problem with Parents Helping Kids Lie to Get on Facebook
  Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011         Age Verification, COPPA, Integrity News, Online Privacy, Social Media
A new study from Harvard, New York University and Berkeley researchers finds that "many parents knowingly allow their children to lie about their age--in fact, often help them to do so--in order to gain access to age-restricted sites in violation of those sites' terms of service."

Facebook Deal with Diageo Fuels Under-Age Drinking Fears
  Wednesday, September 21st, 2011         Age Verification, COPPA, Social Media
A multimillion-dollar deal agreed between Facebook and drinks company Diageo will fuel the under-age drinking epidemic by exposing increasing numbers of young people to alcohol marketing, health experts are warning.

Kids, Parents and Online Safety
  Monday, September 19th, 2011         Age Verification, COPPA, Online Privacy, Technology News
The July survey, which was conducted by Hart Research Associates on behalf of the Family Online Safety Institute (FOSI), asked over 700 parents with household Internet access how they were coping with online safety challenges.

Stronger Online Privacy Regulation Comes with Tradeoffs
  Monday, September 19th, 2011         Age Verification, Online Privacy
As calls for comprehensive online privacy legislation get louder, Congress is looking to the experience of our cousins across the Atlantic where the European Union has had strict privacy regulations for over 15 years. What they’re finding is that privacy protections come with tradeoffs.

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