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US FTC should develop privacy-protective age assurance standards, advocates say

( March 18, 2026, 15:15 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: The Center for Digital Democracy, Electronic Privacy Information Center and Fairplay wrote to the US Federal Trade Commission to lay out concerns that the commission’s recent policy statement on age verification “sets a weak federal floor for age verification data practices.” Along with revising the enforcement statement to address these concerns, the letter calls on the agency to initiate rulemaking under the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act “to provide guidance on recommended approaches to age assurance that are grounded in a risk-based framework, protective of privacy, and consistent with the First Amendment.”Statement follows in full. Also see attached file. ...

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