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June 4, 2012, 7:57 p.m. ET
By ANTON TROIANOVSKI and SHAYNDI RAICE
Facebook Inc. FB +3.00% is developing technology that would allow children younger than 13 years old to use the social-networking site under parental supervision, a step that could help the company tap a new pool of users for revenue but also inflame privacy concerns.
Facebook is building prototypes that would allow children younger than 13 to use the social network under parent supervision. Anton Troianovski has details on The News Hub. Photo: Reuters.
Mechanisms being tested include connecting children's accounts to their parents' and controls that would allow parents to decide whom their kids can "friend" and what applications they can use, people who have spoken with Facebook executives about the technology said. The under-13 features could enable Facebook and its partners to charge parents for games and other entertainment accessed by their children, the people said.
Facebook currently bans users under 13. But many kids lie about their ages to get accounts, putting the company in an awkward position regarding a federal law that requires sites to obtain verifiable parental consent before collecting personal data from children.
Any attempt to give younger kids access to the site would be extraordinarily sensitive, given regulators' already heightened concerns about how Facebook protects user privacy. But Facebook, concerned that it faces reputational and regulatory risks from children already using the service despite its rules, believes it has little choice but to look into ways of establishing controls that could formalize their presence on the site, people familiar with the matter said.
Journal reporter Anton Troianovski and technology editor Scott Austin took your questions about kids and social networking, and Facebook in particular, on June 4.
"Recent reports have highlighted just how difficult it is to enforce age restrictions on the Internet, especially when parents want their children to access online content and services," Facebook said in response to questions about the new technology. "We are in continuous dialogue with stakeholders, regulators and other policy makers about how best to help parents keep their kids safe in an evolving online environment."
Facebook often develops technology that never finds its way to public release, and it isn't clear when or if the social-networking company might introduce an under-13 service.
Pressure on Facebook to prevent children from lying to get accounts has ramped up over the past year as studies started to quantify the number of underage users on the site. Consumer Reports last year said 7.5 million children under the age of 13 were using the site, including more than five million under the age of 10. High-profile cases of so-called cyberbullying have added to the concern. Facebook counts 900 million users around the world.
A study sponsored by Microsoft Research released last fall found that 36% of parents were aware that their children joined Facebook before age 13 and that a substantial percentage of those parents helped their kids in the effort.
The data fueled concerns about how Facebook handles user privacy in general. The company in November agreed to a 20-year settlement with the Federal Trade Commission over accusations that it misled users about its use of their personal information. The social network acknowledged making mistakes and agreed to regular privacy audits.
Seeking alternatives to continued unauthorized use of its site by kids, Facebook over the past year has been developing ways to enable them to become legitimate users monitored by their parents, people who have spoken to Facebook executives said.
For example, the company last summer inquired with identity-verification providers about how to get verifiable consent from parents of children who want to use Facebook, the people said. Facebook isn't working on a separate kids-only site, but rather, is developing buffers and parental controls that would let kids use the current site legitimately.
Maryland Attorney General Douglas Gansler has been pushing Facebook to find ways to protect children under 13.
"We would like to see Facebook create a safe space for kids to [use the site], a sanctuary, with the extra protections needed to ensure a safe, healthy, and age appropriate environment," he said.
But other child advocates opposed the idea, saying that Facebook should instead focus on explaining to parents and children that the site isn't appropriate for use by children under 13.
"We don't have the proper science and social research to evaluate the potential pros and cons that social-media platforms are doing to teenagers," said James Steyer, chief executive of Common Sense Media, a child-advocacy group based in San Francisco. "The idea that you would go after this segment of the audience when there are concerns about the current audience is mind boggling."
Facebook has had discussions with kid-focused entertainment companies, including Walt Disney Co., DIS +1.34% about allowing kids onto the social network. Disney declined to comment.
Formally opening the site to children would allow Facebook and its partners to target a fast-growing market for children's games that is dominated by Apple Inc. AAPL +1.50% and Google Inc.'s GOOG +0.38% smartphone platforms.
Concerns have been growing over Facebook's ability to sustain the 88% revenue growth it achieved last year via advertising, especially in the wake of its troubled initial public offering. Big marketers such as General Motors Co. GM +0.92% have stopped paying for ads on the site and users are shifting to mobile devices where ads have been slow to take off.
Some other moneymaking strategies are gaining traction, however. Topping the list are games that can be downloaded free but then dangle purchases that add features and help players advance.
About 12% of Facebook's $3.7 billion in 2011 revenue came from its share of what partner Zynga Inc. ZNGA +0.33% brought in with interactive games like Farmville.
Expectations are running high in corners of the entertainment industry and among technology start-ups that Facebook eventually will open up the site to children.
Complicating Facebook's effort is a pending review by the Federal Trade Commission of the implementation of the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998, which regulates what personal information websites can collect from kids.
Facebook recently said that some of its $650,000 in first-quarter lobbying spending concerned the Coppa review.
Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said at a public forum a year ago that he believed that children under 13 should be allowed to use Facebook. "That will be a fight we take on at some point," he said, according to news reports.
An FTC spokeswoman said that the Coppa review is expected to be finished in the next several months.
Congressmen Question Facebook’s Kids Effort
June 4, 2012, 6:46 PM
By Anton Troianovski and Shayndi Raice
Two Congressmen voiced concerns on Monday about a Wall Street Journal report that Facebook was exploring ways to let kids join the social network without lying about their age.
The Congressmen, Massachusetts Democrat Ed Markey and Texas Republican Joe Barton, fired off a letter to Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg with 14 paragraphs’ worth of questions about technology Facebook is developing to give kids their own accounts. The Journal’s report said that Facebook was developing mechanisms to let parents keep tabs on what their kids are doing on the site and noted that it wasn’t clear when—or if—the company would actually launch such a service.
Messrs. Markey and Barton asked Mr. Zuckerberg for an explanation of all the options the company has considered for letting kids 12 and younger join the social network. They also asked whether or not Facebook planned to collect and sell children’s personal information.
“We acknowledge that more and more children under the age of 13 are using Facebook and this is a problem that needs to be addressed,” the Congressmen wrote. “While Facebook provides important communication and entertainment opportunities, we strongly believe that children and their personal information should not be viewed as a source of revenue.”
Today, websites are prohibited from collecting children’s personal data without first obtaining verifiable parental consent. A Facebook spokeswoman didn’t have immediate comment on the letter. The company has said it’s “in continuous dialogue with stakeholders, regulators and other policy makers about how best to help parents keep their kids safe in an evolving online environment.”
Kids Find a Way to Facebook
June 4, 2012, 12:02 AM
By Shayndi Raice
Facebook is working on technology that would let kids under the age of 13 sign up for the social network , according to people familiar with the matter. Surveys, meanwhile, show that a bunch of them are already there.
Facebook currently won’t let users under the age of 13 set up accounts. Last June, however, Consumer Reports released a study that found that of the 20 million children signed up for Facebook, a whopping 7.5 million were under the age of 13. Of those illegitimately using the site, five million children were under the age of 10.
Then in the fall, researcher Danah Boyd released a study sponsored by Microsoft Research that found 36% of parents were aware that their children joined Facebook before age 13 and that a substantial percentage of those parents helped their kids lie about their age in order to sign up.
The survey found that 55% of parents of 12 year olds reported their child has a Facebook account, and 82% of those parents knew when their underage child signed up. Ms Boyd also found that 76% of those parents helped their children set up an account.
Facebook is now developing technology to let children under the age of 13 use the site with parental supervision, people familiar with the matter said. Mechanisms being tested include connecting a child’s account to their parents’ and controls allowing parents to decide whom their kids can “friend” and what applications they can use, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal.
“Recent reports have highlighted just how difficult it is to enforce age restrictions on the Internet, especially when parents want their children to access online content and services,” Facebook said in response to questions about the new technology. “We are in continuous dialogue with stakeholders, regulators and other policymakers about how best to help parents keep their kids safe in an evolving online environment.”
Child advocates are split over whether Facebook should allow children to access the site. Douglas Gansler, the attorney general of Maryland, said he “would like to see Facebook create a safe space for kids … with the extra protections needed to ensure a safe, healthy, and age appropriate environment.”
Others, however, said the company should focus on educating parents to keep their kids off the site. James Steyer, CEO of Common Sense Media, a San Francisco-based child advocacy group, said “a move like this smacks of commercial greed at its worst.”
Mr. Steyer added, “I don’t think the pressure is that they should allow under age kids on Facebook. … If that’s the reason, then Facebook ought to make a major public education campaign saying nobody under 13 should ever be on this site and make that a central feature of their messaging. Why aren’t they doing that?”
(A previous version of this post misspelled James Steyer’s name.)
A Parents’ Guide to Kids’ Social Media
June 4, 2012, 12:01 AM
By Anton Troianovski
We report today that Facebook is developing ways to let kids use the social network .
Many kids, of course, are already on Facebook , and many more are clamoring for other ways to play games and interact with their friends online. Letting kids get online early has benefits, creating a generation of tech-savvy tweens. But it’s also a challenge for parents, in a world where so much of what draws the most clicks online is user-generated and hardly moderated by anyone, and where it’s difficult to keep track of just who your kids are spending time with.
Here are some tips for helping your kids navigate this fast-growing and fast-changing world.
*Stick with sites designed for kids
Legitimate kids’ social networks already exist, as Wall Street Journal reporter Katherine Rosman showed in her recent piece about kids’ “ secret lives online .” But the way they’re implemented reflects the challenges of targeting kids online—both because of common-sense parenting concerns and because of rules based on the Children’s Online Privacy and Protection Act of 1998 that regulate what kinds of information websites are able to gather from kids without parental consent.
One site, KidzVuz, wants to create the “training wheels for social media,” Ms. Rosman reported. Another, Disney’s Club Penguin, lets kids connect and chat but only lets them type certain words and phrases. And a third,FashionPlaytes.com, targets girls ages 5 to 12 who want to talk about fashion and design clothes.
Many sites require parental consent for kids to be able to use all the features. Neopets.com, for instance, has a parental consent form that needs to be mailed or faxed.
*Keep tabs
Lots of kids, however, want to use the same technology that teens and adults are using. That’s why social-sharing apps like Instagram and Viddy have proven popular.
If you’re OK with your child using a social network designed for adults such as Facebook or Instagram, keep a close eye on what they’re doing by “friending” them or following them.
This in particular is why parents have a big stake in what Facebook comes up with. The company could create a way for parents to monitor and guide more of their kids’ online activity—but risks creating new privacy pitfalls for a vulnerable new group of users.
*Use the sites yourself
Experts say parents should be familiar with the sites their kids use, their rules, and the types of activities they host. Privacy settings can be confusing, so parents should help their kids set them properly.
Parents should also engage their kids in conversations about what they encounter online, particularly anything that feels uncomfortable or threatening. Talks aimed at defining what makes for appropriate behavior and commentary on social networks, and how and when to share personal information, are also ones parents should have.
*Turn them in
If you don’t want your child using Facebook, or have caught wind of another child that is, Facebook lets you report underage children here
http://www.ftc.gov/ogc/coppa1.htm
Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998
TITLE XIII-CHILDREN'S ONLINE PRIVACY PROTECTION
SEC. 1301. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the "Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998".
SEC. 1302. DEFINITIONS.
In this title:
(1) CHILD.—The term "child" means an individual under the age of 13.
(2) OPERATOR.—The term "operator"—
(A) means any person who operates a website located on the Internet or an online service and who collects or maintains personal information from or about the users of or visitors to such website or online service, or on whose behalf such information is collected or maintained, where such website or online service is operated for commercial purposes, including any person offering products or services for sale through that website or online service, involving commerce—
(i) among the several States or with 1 or more foreign nations;
(ii) in any territory of the United States or in the District of Columbia, or between any such territory and—
(I) another such territory; or
(II) any State or foreign nation; or
(iii) between the District of Columbia and any State, territory, or foreign nation; but
(B) does not include any nonprofit entity that would otherwise be exempt from coverage under section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 45).
(3) COMMISSION.—The term "Commission" means the Federal Trade Commission.
(4) DISCLOSURE.—The term "disclosure" means, with respect to personal information—
(A) the release of personal information collected from a child in identifiable form by an operator for any purpose, except where such information is provided to a person other than the operator who provides support for the internal operations of the website and does not disclose or use that information for any other purpose; and
(B) making personal information collected from a child by a website or online service directed to children or with actual knowledge that such information was collected from a child, publicly available in identifiable form, by any means including by a public posting, through the Internet, or through—
(i) a home page of a website;
(ii) a pen pal service;
(iii) an electronic mail service;
(iv) a message board; or
(v) a chat room.
(5) FEDERAL AGENCY.—The term "Federal agency" means an agency, as that term is defined in section 551(1) of title 5, United States Code.
(6) INTERNET.—The term "Internet" means collectively the myriad of computer and telecommunications facilities, including equipment and operating software, which comprise the interconnected world-wide network of networks that employ the Transmission Control Protocol/ Internet Protocol, or any predecessor or successor protocols to such protocol, to communicate information of all kinds by wire or radio.
(7) PARENT.—The term "parent" includes a legal guardian.
(8) PERSONAL INFORMATION.—The term "personal information" means individually identifiable information about an individual collected online, including—
(A) a first and last name;
(B) a home or other physical address including street name and name of a city or town;
(C) an e-mail address;
(D) a telephone number;
(E) a Social Security number;
(F) any other identifier that the Commission determines permits the physical or online contacting of a specific individual; or
(G) information concerning the child or the parents of that child that the website collects online from the child and combines with an identifier described in this paragraph.
(9) VERIFIABLE PARENTAL CONSENT.—The term "verifiable parental consent" means any reasonable effort (taking into consideration available technology), including a request for authorization for future collection, use, and disclosure described in the notice, to ensure that a parent of a child receives notice of the operator's personal information collection, use, and disclosure practices, and authorizes the collection, use, and disclosure, as applicable, of personal information and the subsequent use of that information before that information is collected from that child.
(10) WEBSITE OR ONLINE SERVICE DIRECTED TO CHILDREN.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—The term "website or online service directed to children" means—
(i) a commercial website or online service that is targeted to children; or
(ii) that portion of a commercial website or online service that is targeted to children.
(B) LIMITATION.—A commercial website or online service, or a portion of a commercial website or online service, shall not be deemed directed to children solely for referring or linking to a commercial website or online service directed to children by using information location tools, including a directory, index, reference, pointer, or hypertext link.
(11) PERSON.—The term "person" means any individual, partnership, corporation, trust, estate, cooperative, association, or other entity.
(12) ONLINE CONTACT INFORMATION.—The term "online contact information" means an e-mail address or an-other substantially similar identifier that permits direct contact with a person online.
SEC. 1303. REGULATION OF UNFAIR AND DECEPTIVE ACTS AND PRACTICES IN CONNECTION WITH THE COLLECTION AND USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION FROM AND ABOUT CHILDREN ON THE INTERNET.
(a) ACTS PROHIBITED.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—It is unlawful for an operator of a website or online service directed to children, or any operator that has actual knowledge that it is collecting personal information from a child, to collect personal information from a child in a manner that violates the regulations prescribed under subsection (b).
(2) DISCLOSURE TO PARENT PROTECTED.—Notwithstanding paragraph (1), neither an operator of such a website or online service nor the operator's agent shall be held to be liable under any Federal or State law for any disclosure made in good faith and following reasonable procedures in responding to a request for disclosure of personal information under subsection (b)(1)(B)(iii) to the parent of a child.
(b) REGULATIONS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commission shall promulgate under section 553 of title 5, United States Code, regulations that—
(A) require the operator of any website or online service directed to children that collects personal information from children or the operator of a website or online service that has actual knowledge that it is collecting personal information from a child—
(i) to provide notice on the website of what information is collected from children by the operator, how the operator uses such information, and the operator's disclosure practices for such information; and
(ii) to obtain verifiable parental consent for the collection, use, or disclosure of personal information from children;
(B) require the operator to provide, upon request of a parent under this subparagraph whose child has provided personal information to that website or online service, upon proper identification of that parent, to such par-ent—
(i) a description of the specific types of personal information collected from the child by that operator;
(ii) the opportunity at any time to refuse to permit the operator's further use or maintenance in retrievable form, or future online collection, of personal information from that child; and
(iii) notwithstanding any other provision of law, a means that is reasonable under the circumstances for the parent to obtain any personal information collected from that child;
(C) prohibit conditioning a child's participation in a game, the offering of a prize, or another activity on the child disclosing more personal information than is reasonably necessary to participate in such activity; and
(D) require the operator of such a website or online service to establish and maintain reasonable procedures to protect the confidentiality, security, and integrity of personal information collected from children.
(2) WHEN CONSENT NOT REQUIRED.—The regulations shall provide that verifiable parental consent under paragraph (1)(A)(ii) is not required in the case of—
(A) online contact information collected from a child that is used only to respond directly on a one-time basis to a specific request from the child and is not used to recontact the child and is not maintained in retrievable form by the operator;
(B) a request for the name or online contact information of a parent or child that is used for the sole purpose of obtaining parental consent or providing notice under this section and where such information is not maintained in retrievable form by the operator if parental consent is not obtained after a reasonable time;
(C) online contact information collected from a child that is used only to respond more than once directly to a specific request from the child and is not used to recontact the child beyond the scope of that request—
(i) if, before any additional response after the initial response to the child, the operator uses reasonable efforts to provide a parent notice of the online contact information collected from the child, the purposes for which it is to be used, and an opportunity for the parent to request that the operator make no further use of the information and that it not be maintained in retrievable form; or
(ii) without notice to the parent in such circumstances as the Commission may determine are appropriate, taking into consideration the benefits to the child of access to information and services, and risks to the security and privacy of the child, in regulations promulgated under this subsection;
(D) the name of the child and online contact information (to the extent reasonably necessary to protect the safety of a child participant on the site)—
(i) used only for the purpose of protecting such safety;
(ii) not used to recontact the child or for any other purpose; and
(iii) not disclosed on the site, if the operator uses reasonable efforts to provide a parent notice of the name and online contact information collected from the child, the purposes for which it is to be used, and an opportunity for the parent to request that the operator make no further use of the information and that it not be maintained in retrievable form; or
(E) the collection, use, or dissemination of such information by the operator of such a website or online service necessary—
(i) to protect the security or integrity of its website;
(ii) to take precautions against liability;
(iii) to respond to judicial process; or
(iv) to the extent permitted under other provisions of law, to provide information to law enforcement agencies or for an investigation on a matter related to public safety. 1815
(3) TERMINATION OF SERVICE.—The regulations shall permit the operator of a website or an online service to terminate service provided to a child whose parent has refused, under the regulations prescribed under paragraph (1)(B)(ii), to permit the operator's further use or maintenance in retrievable form, or future online collection, of personal information from that child.
(c) ENFORCEMENT.—Subject to sections 1304 and 1306, a violation of a regulation prescribed under subsection (a) shall be treated as a violation of a rule defining an unfair or deceptive act or practice prescribed under section 18(a)(1)(B) of the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 57a(a)(1)(B)).
(d) INCONSISTENT STATE LAW.—No State or local government may impose any liability for commercial activities or actions by operators in interstate or foreign commerce in connection with an activity or action described in this title that is inconsistent with the treatment of those activities or actions under this section.
SEC. 1304. SAFE HARBORS.
(a) GUIDELINES.—An operator may satisfy the requirements of regulations issued under section 1303(b) by following a set of self-regulatory guidelines, issued by representatives of the marketing or online industries, or by other persons, approved under subsection (b).
(b) INCENTIVES.—
(1) SELF-REGULATORY INCENTIVES.—In prescribing regulations under section 1303, the Commission shall provide incentives for self-regulation by operators to implement the protections afforded children under the regulatory requirements described in subsection (b) of that section.
(2) DEEMED COMPLIANCE.—Such incentives shall include provisions for ensuring that a person will be deemed to be in compliance with the requirements of the regulations under section 1303 if that person complies with guidelines that, after notice and comment, are approved by the Commission upon making a determination that the guidelines meet the requirements of the regulations issued under section 1303.
(3) EXPEDITED RESPONSE TO REQUESTS.—The Commission shall act upon requests for safe harbor treatment within 180 days of the filing of the request, and shall set forth in writing its conclusions with regard to such requests.
(c) APPEALS.—Final action by the Commission on a request for approval of guidelines, or the failure to act within 180 days on a request for approval of guidelines, submitted under subsection (b) may be appealed to a district court of the United States of appropriate jurisdiction as provided for in section 706 of title 5, United States Code.
SEC. 1305. ACTIONS BY STATES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—
(1) CIVIL ACTIONS.—In any case in which the attorney general of a State has reason to believe that an interest of the residents of that State has been or is threatened or adversely affected by the engagement of any person in a practice that violates any regulation of the Commission prescribed under section 1303(b), the State, as parens patriae, may bring a civil action on behalf of the residents of the State in a district court of the United States of appropriate jurisdiction to—
(A) enjoin that practice;
(B) enforce compliance with the regulation;
(C) obtain damage, restitution, or other compensation on behalf of residents of the State; or
(D) obtain such other relief as the court may consider to be appropriate.
(2) NOTICE.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—Before filing an action under paragraph (1), the attorney general of the State involved shall provide to the Commission—
(i) written notice of that action; and
(ii) a copy of the complaint for that action.
(B) EXEMPTION.—
(i) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (A) shall not apply with respect to the filing of an action by an attorney general of a State under this subsection, if the attorney general determines that it is not feasible to provide the notice described in that subparagraph before the filing of the action.
(ii) NOTIFICATION.—In an action described in clause (i), the attorney general of a State shall provide notice and a copy of the complaint to the Commission at the same time as the attorney general files the action.
(b) INTERVENTION.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—On receiving notice under subsection (a)(2), the Commission shall have the right to intervene in the action that is the subject of the notice.
(2) EFFECT OF INTERVENTION.—If the Commission intervenes in an action under subsection (a), it shall have the right—
(A) to be heard with respect to any matter that arises in that action; and
(B) to file a petition for appeal.
(3) AMICUS CURIAE.—Upon application to the court, a person whose self-regulatory guidelines have been approved by the Commission and are relied upon as a defense by any defendant to a proceeding under this section may file amicus curiae in that proceeding.
(c) CONSTRUCTION.—For purposes of bringing any civil action under subsection (a), nothing in this title shall be construed to prevent an attorney general of a State from exercising the powers conferred on the attorney general by the laws of that State to—
(1) conduct investigations;
(2) administer oaths or affirmations; or
(3) compel the attendance of witnesses or the production of documentary and other evidence.
(d) ACTIONS BY THE COMMISSION.—In any case in which an action is instituted by or on behalf of the Commission for violation of any regulation prescribed under section 1303, no State may, during the pendency of that action, institute an action under subsection (a) against any defendant named in the complaint in that action for violation of that regulation.
(e) VENUE; SERVICE OF PROCESS.—
(1) VENUE.—Any action brought under subsection (a) may be brought in the district court of the United States that meets applicable requirements relating to venue under section 1391 of title 28, United States Code.
(2) SERVICE OF PROCESS.—In an action brought under subsection (a), process may be served in any district in which the defendant—
(A) is an inhabitant; or
(B) may be found.
SEC. 1306. ADMINISTRATION AND APPLICABILITY OF ACT.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise provided, this title shall be enforced by the Commission under the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.).
(b) PROVISIONS.—Compliance with the requirements imposed under this title shall be enforced under—(1) section 8 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1818), in the case of—
(A) national banks, and Federal branches and Federal agencies of foreign banks, by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency;
(B) member banks of the Federal Reserve System (other than national banks), branches and agencies of foreign banks (other than Federal branches, Federal agencies, and insured State branches of foreign banks), commercial lending companies owned or controlled by foreign banks, and organizations operating under section 25 or 25(a) of the Federal Reserve Act (12 U.S.C. 601 et seq. and 611 et seq.), by the Board; and
(C) banks insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (other than members of the Federal Reserve System) and insured State branches of foreign banks, by the Board of Direc- tors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation;
(2) section 8 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1818), by the Director of the Office of Thrift Supervision, in the case of a savings association the deposits of which are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation;
(3) the Federal Credit Union Act (12 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.) by the National Credit Union Administration Board with respect to any Federal credit union;
(4) part A of subtitle VII of title 49, United States Code, by the Secretary of Transportation with respect to any air carrier or foreign air carrier subject to that part;
(5) the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 (7 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) (except as provided in section 406 of that Act (7 U.S.C. 226, 227)), by the Secretary of Agriculture with respect to any activities subject to that Act; and
(6) the Farm Credit Act of 1971 (12 U.S.C. 2001 et seq.) by the Farm Credit Administration with respect to any Federal land bank, Federal land bank association, Federal intermediate credit bank, or production credit association.
(c) EXERCISE OF CERTAIN POWERS.—For the purpose of the exercise by any agency referred to in subsection (a) of its powers under any Act referred to in that subsection, a violation of any requirement imposed under this title shall be deemed to be a violation of a requirement imposed under that Act. In addition to its powers under any provision of law specifically referred to in subsection (a), each of the agencies referred to in that subsection may exercise, for the purpose of enforcing compliance with any requirement imposed under this title, any other authority conferred on it by law.
(d) ACTIONS BY THE COMMISSION.—The Commission shall prevent any person from violating a rule of the Commission under section 1303 in the same manner, by the same means, and with the same jurisdiction, powers, and duties as though all applicable terms and provisions of the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.) were incorporated into and made a part of this title. Any entity that violates such rule shall be subject to the penalties and entitled to the privileges and immunities provided in the Federal Trade Commission Act in the same manner, by the same means, and with the same jurisdiction, power, and duties as though all applicable terms and provisions of the Federal Trade Commission Act were incorporated into and made a part of this title.
(e) EFFECT ON OTHER LAWS.—Nothing contained in the Act shall be construed to limit the authority of the Commission under any other provisions of law.
SEC. 1307. REVIEW.
Not later than 5 years after the effective date of the regulations initially issued under section 1303, the Commission shall—
(1) review the implementation of this title, including the effect of the implementation of this title on practices relating to the collection and disclosure of information relating to children, children's ability to obtain access to information of their choice online, and on the availability of websites directed to children; and
(2) prepare and submit to Congress a report on the results of the review under paragraph (1).
SEC. 1308. EFFECTIVE DATE. Sections 1303(a), 1305, and 1306 of this title take effect on the later of—
(1) the date that is 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act; or
(2) the date on which the Commission rules on the first application filed for safe harbor treatment under section 1304 if the Commission does not rule on the first such application within one year after the date of enactment of this Act, but in no case later than the date that is 30 months after the date of enactment of this Act.
Statement: It is the responsibility of organizations to make sure their sites are safe for vulnerable users.
1. Present arguments (as many as you can think of) in support of the above statement.
2. Present arguments (as many as you can think of) to support that it is the responsibility of parents to monitor and protect children from unsafe sites.
3. What is your position?
4. What are some other vulnerable populations that you think are affected by the policies of organizations?
WRITE YOUR ANSWER UNDER FOUR CLEARLY MARKED SUBHEADINGS (SEE BELOW) REFERRING TO THE FOUR ABOVE.
1. FOR THE MOTION:
2. AGAINST THE MOTION:
3. MY POSITION:
4. DISCUSSION:
