Kidvid Draft Order Ignores Concerns With Online Content, Child Advocate Groups Say
The draft kidvid order set for the FCC's July 10 meeting “largely dismisses” privacy concerns about YouTube and other online media platforms, said a letter posted Thursday in docket 18-202 from Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood, Common Sense Media, the…
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Georgetown University Institute for Public Representation and the Center for Digital Democracy. An ongoing FTC investigation of YouTube for violations of the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (see 1906190045) demonstrates that depending on online platforms for children's content raises privacy and safety concerns, the letter said. Other online sources of kidvid programming cited in the draft order -- such as Amazon -- recently announced they won't create more original children's programming, the letter said: "These developments demonstrate that the Commission should not relax the Children’s Television Rules, given the lack of suitable educational programming alternatives for children."