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US News: Meta is facing a lawsuit for violating federal law on children's privacy. The lawsuit alleges that Meta routinely collected personal information from
Reuters reported exclusively in March that Snapchat owner Snap Inc had only removed a few dozen children aged under-13 from its platform in Britain last year, while UK media regulator Ofcom estimates it has thousands of underage users.
The FTC proposes new privacy measures for Meta’s Facebook to protect minors, including a ban on monetizing data from users under 18.
Meta, formerly Facebook, has announced that it is adding parental controls to all Quest virtual reality (VR) headsets that will allow parents to keep a tab on underage users' screen time and receive approval requests for purchases.
Lawmakers met with executives from YouTube, TikTok and Snapchat to know what protocols they have done to protect underage users on their platforms.