Privacy
Google Under Fire For YouTube Kids App
Consumer groups are outraged about the way that Google's new YouTube Kids app advertises to children. The groups are charging the new…
Apr 7, 2015Mark Reback
Articles by Mark Reback
Privacy
Consumer Groups Claim YouTube Kids App ‘Deceptive’
A coalition of consumer and child advocacy groups asked US regulators Tuesday to investigate Google's new YouTube app for children, claiming it…
Apr 7, 2015
Privacy
YouTube Kids App Blasted as ‘Deceptive’ by Consumer Groups
Google’s YouTube Kids app, which offers a walled garden of content aimed at the 5-and-under set, is the target of a coalition…
Apr 7, 2015
Privacy
YouTube Kids Runs Ads That Bould Be Illegal on Television, Say Consumer Groups in a Federal Complaint
For decades, advertising to children on television has been held to tougher rules than commercials for adults. Federal regulators have long been…
Apr 7, 2015
Privacy
Consumer Groups Say YouTube Kids App Is Deceiving
WASHINGTON -- The new YouTube Kids mobile app targets young children with unfair and deceptive advertising and should be investigated, a group…
Apr 7, 2015
Privacy
FTC To Review Complaint That YouTube Kids Over-Advertises To Children
The Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday said it will review complaints by consumer groups that YouTube Kids is a hyper-commercial app with…
Apr 7, 2015
Insurance
YouTube Kids App Exposes Children To Too Many Ads, Some Groups Say
YouTube's big push into kids' programming is under scrutiny for blurring the lines between entertainment and advertising. A string of children's advocacy…
Apr 7, 2015
Privacy
Consumer Groups Slam Google’s YouTube Kids App
The app exploits vulnerable children and violates long-standing media practices, the groups charge .
Apr 7, 2015
Privacy
Consumer Watchdog: Google’s YouTube Kids Should Follow Children TV Ad Rules
Broadcast TV and the Internet video have long played by different rules. But when it comes to programming to children, a group…
Apr 7, 2015
Privacy
YouTube Kids App Under Fire for Advertising to Kids
For decades, the Federal Trade Commission has been regulating television advertising with special attention to anything perceived to target the vulnerable minds of…
Apr 7, 2015
Privacy
Privacy Groups Seek Investigation of Google’s YouTube Kids App
Google’s 6-week-old foray into video for preschoolers provides a seductive and seamless mix of kid-friendly fun and advertising, child advocates charged Tuesday…
Apr 7, 2015
Privacy
YouTube Kids: Infomercials As Toddler Fodder?
When YouTube Kids launched in February, Google heralded the app as “the first Google product built from the ground up with little…
Apr 7, 2015
Insurance
Insurance Commissioner, Consumer Advocate Split Over Allstate Rates
In the California insurance world, activist Harvey Rosenfield and Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones have been longtime collaborators.
Apr 6, 2015
Privacy
How Much Influence Does Google Have in Washington?
Like many powerful tech companies, Google spends millions every year on lobbying to extend its influence to Washington. Consumer Watchdog reported in January…
Apr 5, 2015
Privacy
Jay Edelson, The Class-Action Lawyer Who May Be Tech’s Least Friended Man
When technology executives imagine the boogeyman, they see a baby-face guy in wire-rim glasses. His name is Jay Edelson.
Apr 4, 2015
Energy
Santa Monica Consumer Group Blames Refineries for Pump Price Spikes
While crude oil prices stayed low, prices at the pump for California drivers shot up $1 in February, and motorists in the…
Apr 1, 2015
Energy
California Activists Call For Oil Company Subpoenas
(Reuters) - Billionaire environmental activist Tom Steyer and the head of a consumer watchdog group on Tuesday said California state lawmakers should…
Apr 1, 2015
Energy
Why Gas Prices In California Are So Much Higher Than Elsewhere In U.S.
Californians are used to gyrating gas prices, but the latest swing from the lowest in years to nearly a dollar above the…
Apr 1, 2015