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  • Walmart Deceptively Marketing to Kids on Roblox

    Jan 24 2023

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    Consumer Advocates Urge Action

     Walmart Deceptively Marketing to Kids on Roblox

    Consumer Advocates Urge Action

    Date

    Tuesday, January 24, 2023
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  • Advocates to FTC: Write rules to protect kids from harmful manipulative design online

    Nov 17 2022

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    At every turn, young people face tricks and traps to keep them online for hours and sharing sensitive data.

    Contact:

    David Monahan, Fairplay: david@fairplayforkids.org

    Jeff Chester, Center for Digital Democracy: jeff@democraticmedia.org

    Advocates to FTC: Write rules to protect kids from harmful manipulative design online
    At every turn, young people face tricks and traps to keep them online for hours

    and sharing sensitive data.

    Date

    Thursday, November 17, 2022
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  • Advocates urge Congress to push children’s internet protections across the finish line

    Sep 13 2022

    A coalition of more than 100 organizations is sending two letters to Congress urging action. A letter addressed to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, from 145 organizations, urges them to advance KOSA and COPPA to full Senate votes. A letter addressed to House Energy and Commerce Chair Frank Pallone and Ranking Member Cathy McMorris Rodgers, from 158 organizations, urges them to introduce a House companion bill to KOSA.

    Date

    Tuesday, September 13, 2022
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  • Press Statement regarding today’s FTC Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Regarding the Commercial Surveillance and Data Security

    Aug 11 2022

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    Press Statement

    Press Statement regarding today’s FTC Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Regarding the Commercial Surveillance and Data Security

    Katharina Kopp, Deputy Director, Center for Digital Democracy:

    Date

    Thursday, August 11, 2022
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  • Advocates call on FTC to investigate manipulative design abuses in popular FIFA game

    Jun 2 2022

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    Groups say FIFA: Ultimate Team preys on children’s vulnerability with loot boxes, “funny money

    Contact:

    David Monahan, Fairplay david@fairplayforkids.org
    Jeff Chester, CDD jeff@democraticmedia.org; 202-494-7100

    Advocates call on FTC to investigate manipulative design abuses in popular FIFA game
    Groups say FIFA: Ultimate Team preys on children’s vulnerability with loot boxes, “funny money”

    Date

    Thursday, June 2, 2022
    Read more
  • Press Statement regarding FTC Policy Statement on Education Technology and the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act

    May 20 2022

    Press Statement regarding today’s FTC Policy Statement on Education Technology and the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act

    Jeff Chester, Executive Director, Center for Digital Democracy:

    Date

    Thursday, May 19, 2022
    Read more
  • Diverse Coalition of Advocates Urges Congress to Pass Legislation to Protect Kids and Teens Online

    Mar 22 2022

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    60 leading advocacy organizations say unregulated Big Tech business model is “fundamentally at odds with children’s wellbeing”

    Contact:

    David Monahan, Fairplay david@fairplayforkids.org

    Jeff Chester, Center for Digital Democracy, jeff@democraticmedia.org, 202-494-7100

    Diverse coalition of advocates urges Congress to pass legislation to protect kids and teens online
    60 leading advocacy organizations say unregulated Big Tech business model is “fundamentally at odds with children’s wellbeing”

    Date

    Tuesday, March 22, 2022
    Read more
  • 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).

    Date

    Tuesday, March 1, 2022
    Read more
  • 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).

    Date

    Tuesday, March 1, 2022
    Read more
  • CDD Supports the Banning Surveillance Advertising Act

    Jan 19 2022

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    Congresswomen Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) and Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) and Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) Introduce Bill to Ban Surveillance Advertising

    Washington, DC 1-18-2022

    Date

    Tuesday, January 18, 2022
    Read more
  • 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. 

     

    Date

    Thursday, December 2, 2021
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  • Against surveillance-based advertising

    Jun 23 2021

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    CDD joins an international coalition of more than 50 NGOs and scholars in a call for a surveillance-based advertising ban in its Digital Services Act and for the U.S. to enact a federal digital privacy and civil rights law

    International coalition calls for action against surveillance-based advertising

     

    Date

    Wednesday, June 23, 2021
    Read more
  • 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

    Date

    Friday, May 28, 2021
    Read more
  • “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

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

    New Report Calls for Action to Address Saturation of Social Media, Gaming Platforms, and Streaming Video with Unhealthy Food and Beverage Products

    Contact: Jeff Chester (202-494-7100)                                                For Immediate Release

    Washington, DC, May 12, 2021

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

    Apr 1 2021

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    Contact:

    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

    Date

    Wednesday, March 31, 2021
    Read more
  • 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

    Read more
  • Why Californians Should Vote No on Proposition 24

    Sep 24 2020

    For Immediate Release

    September 24, 2020

    Contact: Jeff Chester (202-494-7100)

    jeff@democraticmedia.org

    Read more
  • 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.

    Read more
  • USDA Online Buying Program for SNAP Participants Threatens Their Privacy and Can Exacerbate Racial and Health Inequities, Says New Report

    Jul 16 2020

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    Digital Rights, Civil Rights and Public Health Groups Call for Reforms from USDA, Amazon, Walmart, Safeway/Albertson’s and Other Grocery Retailers - Need for Safeguards Urgent During Covid-19 Crisis

    Contact:  Jeff Chester

                                                                                                    jeff@democraticmedia.org

                                                                                                    202-494-7100

                                                                                                    Katharina Kopp

    Read more
  • 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

    Read more

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