The third annual report from the cybersecurity research team at Comparitech found less Google Play App compliance with the US Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) than in previous years. More than two in five apps of the 500 surveyed may violate COPPA as compared with 1 in 5 apps in 2022, and 1 in 4 apps in 2023.
In a major kid privacy change, Instagram announced all teen accounts in the US, UK, Canada and Australia are getting new protective settings that limit the types of content young people ages 18 and younger can see and restrict who can contact them. Teens under 16 will be required to get parental permission to change the default settings. This privacy plan will roll out to more countries beginning early 2025.
The law had been instituted during the pandemic to help restaurants recover from the business downturn. It was challenged by delivery companies on the grounds of the First Amendment for violating customer privacy.
Scope3 Media Reporting has raised $25 million in new funding to support its mission to measure media and advertising carbon emissions and suggest optimizations that will reduce them. Brands that use Scope3 to reduce their emissions include Coca-Cola, General Motors and Mastercard. It now plans to address the growing threat of emissions caused by the use of AI.