In the News

2020

• California’s Proposition 24 on Consumer Privacy Passes
  
  San Francisco Chronicle, November 2020
  
   
• Prop. 24 would strengthen state's new digital privacy law
  
  San Francisco Business Times, October 2020
  
   
• Silicon Valley could get an easy ride on child privacy if Markey is elected out
  
  Protocol, August 2020
  
   
• Big Tech Needs To Be Regulated. Here Are 4 Ways to Curb Disinformation and Protect Our Privacy
  
  Time, July 2020
  
   
• Facebook boycotters lobby lawmakers on antitrust
  
  Axios, July 2020
  
   
• ‘Edtech is no longer optional’: Investors deep dive into the future of the market
  
  TechCrunch, July 2020
  
   
• As boycott grows Facebook juggles rights groups and advertisers
  
  Axios, July 2020
  
   
• Over 400 Advertisers Hit Pause On Facebook Threatening $70 Billion Juggernaut
  
  NPR, July 2020
  
   
• More advertisers fleeing Facebook as boycott grows
  
  CBS News, June 2020
  
   
• Starbucks suspends social media ads over hate speech
  
  BBC News, June 2020
  
   
• Facebook's Ad Problem Just Turned Into a Full-Blown Crisis
  
  Vice News, June 2020
  
   
• Facebook boycott battle goes global
  
  Axios, June 2020
  
   
• Exclusive: Facebook Ad Boycott Campaign to Go Global Organizers Say
  
  New York Times, June 2020
  
   
• COVID-19 Has Widened the 'Homework Gap' Into a Full-Fledged Learning Gap
  
  EdSurge, June 2020
  
   
• Qualcomm says it can help close the digital divide - and wants Congress to pay for it
  
  Protocol, April 2020
  
   
• Common Sense Media CEO: Coronavirus puts education equity"at extreme risk".
  
  Axios, April 2020
  
   
• Campaign aims to get students connected
  
  Axios, April 2020
  
   
• Proposed bill seeks to limit social media exploitation of kids under 16
  
  Ars Technica, March 2020
  
   
• Wild West: Firms interpret California’s privacy law as they see fit
  
  Politico, January 2020
  
   
• How California's New Privacy Law Affects You
  
  New York Times, January 2020
  
   

2019

• Will people use it?
  
  NBC News, December 2019
  
   
• Calif. Vastly Expands Digital Privacy. Will People Use It?
  
  New York Times, December 2019
  
   
• Big Tech's Big Defector?
  
  New Yorker, November 2019
  
   
• YouTube’s new kids’ content system has creators scrambling
  
  Verge, November 2019
  
   
• Privacy concerns with Echo Dot Kids Edition
  
  Ames Tribune, July 2019
  
   
• Facebook kids app flaw let strangers into chats
  
  BBC News, July 2019
  
   
• 1 big thing: Why privacy still comes in second
  
  Axios, July 2019
  
   
• How 13 Became the Internet’s Age of Adulthood
  
  Wall Street Journal, June 2019
  
   
• A senator wants to ban video games like Candy Crush from offering 'loot boxes'
  
  Parents, CNN, May 2019
  
   
• Some social media companies watch every swipe to keep you on your device: Experts
  
  ABC News, May 2019
  
   
• 1 big thing: Facebook's off-again on-again affair with privacy
  
  Axios, May 2019
  
   
• Senator proposes bill to ensure children's safety online
  
  NBC News, April 2019
  
   
• Get paid for your data? California governor wants tech companies to show you the money
  
  USA Today, March 2019
  
   
• Californians could sue companies over privacy violations
  
  CNN, February 2019
  
   
• Facebook accused of tricking children
  
  Boston Globe, February 2019
  
   
• Consumer Groups Accuse Facebook of Duping Children
  
  New York Times, February 2019
  
   
• Facebook hit with another FTC complaint
  
  Axios, February 2019
  
   
• California Governor Wants Users to Profit From Online Data
  
  New York Times, February 2019
  
   
• Colleges Mine Data on Their Applicants
  
  Wall Street Journal, January 2019
  
   

2018

• Opinion | Kids Shouldn't Have to Sacrifice Privacy for Education
  
  New York Times, December 2018

• Yes You Can Be an Ethical Tech Consumer. Here’s How.
  
  New York Times, December 2018

• Tech giants gear up for California fight over privacy rules that curtail data use in 2020
  
  Politico, December 2018

• Lawsuit Renews Focus on Privacy Policies for Mobile Apps
  
  New York Times, September 2018

• Tech Industry Pursues a Federal Privacy Law on Its Own Terms
  
  New York Times, August 2018

• Congress Considering $95 Million for Study of Technology's Effects on Children
  
  Education Week, August 2018

• Bots of the Internet Reveal Yourselves!
  
  New York Times, July 2019

• California passes strictest online privacy law in the country
  
  CNN, June 2018

• What California’s new online privacy law means for rest of US
  
  NBC Television Network, June 2018

• California passes strictest online privacy law in the country
  
  CNN, June 2018

• What California’s new online privacy law means for rest of US
  
  NBC Television Network, June 2018

• California passes nation's toughest online privacy law
  
  USA Today, June 2018

• California Passes Sweeping Law to Protect Online Privacy
  
  New York Times, June 2018

• California passes 'strongest in nation' privacy bill limiting data harvesting
  
  Guardian, June 2018

• California legislators just adopted tough new privacy rules targeting Facebook Google and other tech giants
  
  Washington Post, June 2018

• California passes digital privacy bill that could have impact across U.S.
  
  NBC News, June 2018

• Is Screen Time Bad for Children’s Mental Health?
  
  Wall Street Journal, June 2018

• Why it’s a mistake to ban social media — and what to do instead
  
  Washington Post, June 2018

• 1 big thing: Apple's pitch on screen time tools
  
  Axios, June 2018

• On the Internet Nobody Knows You're a Kid
  
  Atlantic, April 2018