FTC comes down on Meta monetizing minors
In a release from the US Federal Trade Commission, the agency alleges Meta “repeatedly violated” privacy rules put in place by a 2020 order it entered into with the FTC as part of a settlement. It also alleged violations of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act. That 2020 order put in place an independent third-party assessor to evaluate how Meta performed on privacy rules. In a recent report, the assessor found “that the breadth and significance of these deficiencies pose substantial risks to the public.”
Violations include not cutting off a developer’s app access to a user if they hadn’t used the app in 90 days. The FTC also alleges that Meta misrepresented controls available to parents with its Messenger Kids product. The FTC proposed completely prohibiting Meta from monetizing data of anyone under 18 and preventing from launching or modifying products without an independent privacy assessment. Meta must respond to these allegations within 30 days.
(TechCrunch)
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