Feds To Facebook: Protect Minors' Privacy On Mobile
Online privacy - specifically, protecting the privacy of minors who use mobile devices -- was the topic du jour today on Capitol Hill at a U.S. Senate Commerce Committee hearing where representatives from Facebook, Google and Apple stared down members of the Senate.
Online privacy – specifically, protecting the privacy of minors who use mobile devices — was the topic du jour today on Capitol Hill at a U.S. Senate Commerce Committee hearing where representatives from Facebook, Google and Apple stared down members of the Senate.
The data that senators shared was startling.
Twenty percent of children aged 11 or younger had a cell phone in 2009 while 66 percent had one by age 14, and just under 75 percent of high schoolers have one, according to a Pew Internet and American Life Project report.
Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-WV), who has introduced a proposal for privacy reforms, asked Facebook to explain why 7.5
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