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Roku faces second state complaint over kids' privacy; Fla. asserts 'parental rights'

By Mike Swift ( October 16, 2025, 00:48 GMT | Comment) -- Roku, the top US video streaming platform, is under increasing scrutiny from state regulators over its collection and use of children’s personal information, with Florida this week joining Michigan in filing suit against the company. The two suits show how both Democratic and Republican attorneys general are focused on new sources of children’s privacy violations beyond social media, even as the proliferation of state privacy laws causes states to apply different laws that draw on different legal principles.Florida joined Michigan in suing Roku over children’s privacy claims Tuesday, illustrating states’ widening focus on children’s privacy beyond social media, and showing their different legal approaches as targeted ads on streaming television become a growing privacy focus....

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