The draft of India’s Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) has been released for comment and includes a rule that would require explicit parental consent for children under 18 to open a social media account. Data fiduciaries at companies would be responsible for verifying that appropriate permission has been obtained and that the individual granting the consent is an adult. The deadline for DPDP feedback is February 18th.
Remember the good old days, when lying was considered unacceptable? The folks at Iron Tribe Fitness, a South Carolina gym, are holding Meta to that forgotten standard in a class action suit alleging that Facebook overcharged advertisers as much as $4 billion by using one type of auction bidding process while claiming to use another. Meta blames the error on a “software glitch” that began in 2013 and continued for at least four years.