YouTube reportedly to be fined up to $200m over COPPA investigation

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 04 Sep 2019 10:07:20 +0000

It’s a gnat bite, critics say: The FTC’s reported fine would be worth about two to three months of YouTube ad revenue.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/shNXqHcY-RY” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Facebook: ‘Technical error’ let strangers into Messenger Kids chats

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2019 11:58:00 +0000

It won’t happen again, Facebook told senators who wondered how well it’s handling kids’ privacy in the chat app abhorred by kids advocates.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/A2XiqyuYDg4″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Facebook admits to Messenger Kids security hole

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2019 10:32:46 +0000

A hole in the supposed closed-loop messaging system allowed children to join group chats with people their parents hadn’t approved.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/zoVWl8iXUpM” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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