2012-09-30
Facebook to America: We want to target your kids with ads, collect their data, violate their privacy [Annals of COPPA/FTC]
Submitted by demedia on Sun, 09/30/2012 - 18:54The same comedy writers at Facebook who wrote about the glories to be from its IPO--now a colossal joke--were just put to work again in the social ad network's new FTC comments on children's privacy (COPPA). Like the hype used to blur the real financial prospects of Facebook, its arguments against strengthening rules to better protect children 12 and under from intrusive and manipulative digital data collection practices are based on a lack of candor. Undoubtedly, Mark Zuckerberg and company will be peddling the Brooklyn Bridge for sale soon.
