The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released a statement this week allowing social media companies to collect children’s personal data without parental consent in the name of age verification, carving out an exception to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule (COPPA), which decisively names children under 13 as untouchable for data collection, until now. Considering that COPPA was designed to protect sensitive data, the FTC is all but giving social media companies carte blanche to collect any information it deems necessary in the name of age verification.
If you've been a victim of child sexual abuse, a victim of crime or have feelings of despair, and are in the UK, you'll find details of help and support at bbc.co.uk/actionline.
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对原子能研究、开发和利用活动中影响公众利益的重大事项,有关行政机关、企业事业单位应当加强与公众的沟通,征求利益相关方的意见,并以适当形式反馈。
It is not for lack of trying. In some cases, microbiologists have ditched the Petri dish altogether, using microfluidics for manipulating and growing cells. However, these approaches aren’t likely to be adopted at scale as they require less common, less practical, and more expensive devices. So, what about other growth media?