FTC Extends Deadline on COPPA Comments to December 9

Oct 23, 2019

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By: Sidharth Sharma (Transportation Policy & Regulatory Specialist)

The Commission began seeking public comments in July to inform potential revisions to COPPA. The agency explained that it is reviewing COPPA in light of changes in technology since the regulations were last updated in 2013. The Commission is requesting comments on several issues, including:

  • How COPPA has impacted the availability of child-directed online services.
  • Factors that can be used to determine whether an online service is child directed.
  • Strategies to encourage general audience platforms to identify and police content directed to children uploaded by third parties.

Since its initial request, the Commission has received over 1,400 comments regarding potential COPPA updates.

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