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FTC Should Examine Microsoft-Activision Deal, Consumer, Privacy, Labor, Repair Groups Say

By: Jeff Chester | Mar 1 2022

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Microsoft's further expansion into gaming, data gathering, digital marketing must trigger close scrutiny, inc. impacts on gamers, youth
Microsoft’s proposed purchase of Activision-Blizzard raises serious red flags, Public Citizen, the Center for Digital Democracy, the Repair Association, the Communications Workers of America, and 11 additional groups said today in a letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
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Tuesday, March 1, 2022
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Call For an End to Manipulation, Exploitation, and Discrimination of Children and Teens via Surveillance Advertising

Jan 26 2022

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CDD and Advocates Call on the FTC to Begin Rulemaking to Prohibit Surveillance Advertising
January 26, 2022

Federal Trade Commission

Office of the Secretary

600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW

Washington, DC 20580

Re: Comment on Petition for Rulemaking by Accountable Tech, FTC-2021-0070

INTRODUCTION
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Wednesday, January 26, 2022
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CDD Tells FTC It's Time to Regulate Commercial Surveillance Marketing

By: Jeff Chester | Jan 26 2022

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Documents 25 years of failures by agency to rein in practices that have eviscerated privacy and consumer protection in the U.S. and globally

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Jeff Chester
Date

Wednesday, January 26, 2022
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Leading Advocates Launch Push For Design Code To Protect Kids Online

Dec 2 2021

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Groups urge Congress to stop Big Tech’s manipulation of young people
BOSTON – Thursday, December 2, 2021 – Today a coalition of leading advocacy groups launched Designed With Kids in Mind, a campaign demanding a design code in the US to protect young people from online manipulation and harm. The campaign seeks to secure protections for US children and teens similar to the UK’s groundbreaking Age-Appropriate Design Code (AADC), which went into effect earlier this year.

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Thursday, December 2, 2021
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We Can’t Let the Surveillance Ad Industry Create the new Rules for Privacy

By: Jeff Chester | Oct 17 2021

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Time for the FTC to intervene as marketers create new ways to leverage our “identity” data as cookies “crumble”
For decades, the U.S. has allowed private actors to basically create the rules regarding how our data is gathered and used online. A key reason that we do not have any real privacy for digital media is precisely because it has principally been online marketing interests that have shaped how the devices, platforms and applications we use ensnare us in the commercial surveillance complex.
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Jeff Chester
Date

Sunday, October 17, 2021
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Advocates Ask FTC to Protect Youth From Manipulative “Dark Patterns” Online

May 28 2021

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Contact:

Jeff Chester, CDD (jeff@democraticmedia.org; 202-494-7100)

David Monahan, CCFC (david@commercialfreechildhood.org;)

Advocates Ask FTC to Protect Youth From Manipulative “Dark Patterns” Online
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Friday, May 28, 2021
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“Big Food” and “Big Data” Online Platforms Fueling Youth Obesity Crisis as Coronavirus Pandemic Rages

May 12 2021

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New Report Calls for Action to Address Saturation of Social Media, Gaming Platforms, and Streaming Video with Unhealthy Food and Beverage Products
The coronavirus pandemic triggered a dramatic increase in online use. Children and teens whose schools have closed relied on YouTube for educational videos, attending virtual classes on Zoom and Google Classroom, and flocking to TikTok, Snapchat, and Instagram for entertainment and social interaction. This constant immersion in digital culture has exposed them to a steady flow of marketing for fast foods, soft drinks, and other unhealthy products, much of it under the radar of parents and teachers.
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Advocates say Google Play continues to disregard children’s privacy law and urge FTC to act

Apr 1 2021

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Jeff Chester, CDD jeff@democraticmedia.org; 202-494-7100

David Monahan, CCFC, david@commercialfreechildhood.org

Advocates say Google Play continues to disregard children’s privacy law and urge FTC to act
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Wednesday, March 31, 2021
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Press Statement RE FTC Announcement on New Study into the Data Collection Practices of Nine Major Tech Platforms and Companies

Dec 15 2020

Press Statement, Center for Digital Democracy (CDD) and Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood (CCFC), 12-14-20
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CDD Joins Scholars and NGOs Calling on UN to Strengthen its Framework to protect Children in today’s Digital Era

Nov 15 2020

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General Comment submission
Children’s rights in relation to the digital environment
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Memo to Transition Team: Privacy And Digital Rights For All

Nov 11 2020

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A blueprint for the next Administration
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Wednesday, November 11, 2020
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YouTube’s New Global Fund for Children’s Content Should be Commercial-Free, Diverse, and Independent

Oct 9 2020

October 9, 2020

Susan Wojciki
CEO
YouTube
901 Cherry Avenue
San Bruno, CA 94006

Dear Ms. Wojciki:
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CDD & CFCC Call on UN Human Rights Office to Propose Advertising and Data Safeguards for Youth in its Upcoming Report

By: Jeffrey Chester | Sep 30 2020

The Campaign for Commercial-Free Childhood (CCFC) and CDD filed comments with the UN’s Special Rapporteur on privacy, as part of a consultation designed to propose global safeguards for young people online. Both CCFC and CDD, along with allies in the U.S. and throughout the world, are working to advance stronger international protections for young people, especially related to their privacy and the impacts that digital marketing has on their development.

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Jeffrey Chester
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Data Governance for Young People in the Commercialized Digital Environment

By: Kathryn C. Montgomery, Jeff Chester, and Katharina Kopp | Sep 10 2020

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A report for UNICEF's Global Governance of Children's Data Project
TikTok (also known by its Chinese name, Dǒuyīn) has quickly captured the interest of children, adolescents, and young adults in 150 countries around the world. The mobile app enables users to create short video clips, customize them with a panoply of user-friendly special effects tools, and then share them widely through the platform’s vast social network.
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Kathryn C. Montgomery, Jeff Chester, and Katharina Kopp
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Advocates Call on TikTok Suitors to Clean Up Kids’ Privacy Practices

Sep 3 2020

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Groups had filed complaint at FTC documenting how TikTok flouts children’s privacy law, tracks millions of kids without parental consent.
Contact:

Katharina Kopp, CDD (kkopp@democraticmedia.org; 202-836-4621)

David Monahan, CCFC (david@commercialfreechildhood.org)

Advocates Call on TikTok Suitors to Clean Up Kids’ Privacy Practices

Groups had filed complaint at FTC documenting how TikTok flouts children’s privacy law, tracks millions of kids without parental consent.
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Groups tell FTC Influencer Marketing must be Regulated

Jun 24 2020

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Contact:

Jeff Chester, CDD (jeff@democraticmedia.org; 202-494-7100)

David Monahan, CCFC (david@commercialfreechildhood.org;)

Statement from Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood and Center for Digital Democracy on Comments filed with FTC regarding Endorsement Guides
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Groups Tell FTC to Investigate TikTok’s Failure to Protect Children’s Privacy

May 14 2020

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TikTok gathers data from children despite promise made to commission
Contact:

Jeff Chester, CDD (jeff@democraticmedia.org; 202-494-7100)

David Monahan, CCFC (david@commercialfreechildhood.org;)

Advocates Say TikTok In Contempt of Court Order

More kids than ever use the site due to COVID19 quarantine, but TikTok flouts settlement agreement with the FTC
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Children’s privacy advocates call on FTC to require Google, Disney, AT&T and other leading companies to disclose how they gather and use data to target kids and families

Mar 26 2020

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Threats to young people from digital marketing and data collection are heightened by home schooling and increased video and mobile streaming in response to COVID-19

Contact:

Jeffrey Chester, CDD, jeff@democraticmedia.org, 202-494-7100

Josh Golin, CCFC, josh@commercialfreechildhood.org, 339-970-4240

Children’s privacy advocates call on FTC to require Google, Disney, other leading companies to disclose how they gather and use data to target kids and families

Threats to young people from digital marketing and data collection are heightened by
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Groups Praise Sen. Markey and Google for Ensuring Children on YouTube Receive Key Safeguards

Dec 18 2019

Contact:

Jeff Chester, CDD (jeff@democraticmedia.org; 202-494-7100)

David Monahan, CCFC (david@commercialfreechildhood.org; 617-896-9397)

Groups Praise Sen. Markey and Google

for Ensuring Children on YouTube Receive Key Safeguards
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Statements by CDD, CCFC, AAP, and IPR on comments filed in response to the Federal Trade Commission’s review of COPPA

Dec 12 2019

Washington, December 11, 2019
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FTC Should Examine Microsoft-Activision Deal, Consumer, Privacy, Labor, Repair Groups Say

Call For an End to Manipulation, Exploitation, and Discrimination of Children and Teens via Surveillance Advertising

CDD Tells FTC It's Time to Regulate Commercial Surveillance Marketing

Leading Advocates Launch Push For Design Code To Protect Kids Online

We Can’t Let the Surveillance Ad Industry Create the new Rules for Privacy

Advocates Ask FTC to Protect Youth From Manipulative “Dark Patterns” Online

“Big Food” and “Big Data” Online Platforms Fueling Youth Obesity Crisis as Coronavirus Pandemic Rages

Advocates say Google Play continues to disregard children’s privacy law and urge FTC to act

Press Statement RE FTC Announcement on New Study into the Data Collection Practices of Nine Major Tech Platforms and Companies

CDD Joins Scholars and NGOs Calling on UN to Strengthen its Framework to protect Children in today’s Digital Era

Memo to Transition Team: Privacy And Digital Rights For All

YouTube’s New Global Fund for Children’s Content Should be Commercial-Free, Diverse, and Independent

CDD & CFCC Call on UN Human Rights Office to Propose Advertising and Data Safeguards for Youth in its Upcoming Report

Data Governance for Young People in the Commercialized Digital Environment

Advocates Call on TikTok Suitors to Clean Up Kids’ Privacy Practices

Groups tell FTC Influencer Marketing must be Regulated

Groups Tell FTC to Investigate TikTok’s Failure to Protect Children’s Privacy

Children’s privacy advocates call on FTC to require Google, Disney, AT&T and other leading companies to disclose how they gather and use data to target kids and families

Groups Praise Sen. Markey and Google for Ensuring Children on YouTube Receive Key Safeguards

Statements by CDD, CCFC, AAP, and IPR on comments filed in response to the Federal Trade Commission’s review of COPPA

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