How To Make a Child-Safe #TikTok: Have you tried not spying on kids?

https://doctorow.medium.com/how-to-make-a-child-safe-tiktok-be08fbf94b0d

#coppa #AgeGating #privacy #RepBuddyCarter #JustDontSpy #CommercialSurveillance

Specifically, stuff that's pushed to you via targeted ads costs an average of 10 percent more, and it significantly more likely to come from a vendor with a poor rating from the #BetterBusinessBureau. This may seem trivial and obvious, but it's got profound implications for media, #CommercialSurveillance, and the future of the internet.

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The same goes for #CommercialSurveillance: once you collect massive, nonconsensual dossiers on every technology user alive, you don't get to act surprised when cops and spies show up and order your company to serve as deputies for a massive, off-the-books warrantless surveillance project.

Hell, a cynic might even say that commercial surveillance companies are betting on this.

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America's decision to let the private sector self-regulate #CommercialSurveillance is a grotesque failure of duty on the part of Congress, which has consistently failed to pass comprehensive #PrivacyLegislation. There are lots of reasons for this, but the most important is that American cops and spies are totally reliant on commercial surveillance brokers, and they fight like hell against any privacy legislation:

https://pluralistic.net/2021/04/13/public-interest-pharma/#axciom

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Few Americans Understand Online Privacy and Tracking, Report Says - Many consumers want control over their personal details. But few understand how online tr... - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/07/technology/online-privacy-tracking-report.html #healthinsuranceportabilityandaccountabilityact #data-mininganddatabasemarketing #universityofpennsylvania #federaltradecommission #commercialsurveillance #surveillanceeconomy #mobileapplications #onlineadvertising #noticeandconsent #turowjoseph

Americans Flunked This Test on Online Privacy - Many consumers want control over their personal details. But few understand how online tr... - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/07/technology/penn-privacy-survey-flunked-consent.html #healthinsuranceportabilityandaccountabilityact #data-mininganddatabasemarketing #universityofpennsylvania #federaltradecommission #commercialsurveillance #surveillanceeconomy #mobileapplications #onlineadvertising #noticeandconsent #informedconsent #turowjoseph