Jeff Chester

Facebook’s CEO Pressed by Lawmakers on Users Under Age 13

Facebook Inc. is taking heat from U.S. lawmakers after reports that the company is exploring ways to let children under 13 onto its social network.

Facebook Hits New Low After Bernstein Questions Stock

Facebook Inc., the world’s biggest social-networking company, tumbled to a record low after Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. initiated coverage with an underperform rating and a $25 target price.

Google Privacy Policy Criticized by State Attorneys General

Google Inc.’s new privacy policy was criticized by the National Association of Attorneys General as failing to give consumers choices about pooling their data.

Google Privacy Plan Should Be Stopped, Consumer Group’s FTC Complaint Says

Google Inc.’s planned changes to its privacy policy are deceptive, violate a settlement with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and should be stopped, an advocacy group said in a federal complaint.

Obama Turns to Web Industry for Consumer Privacy Standard

The Obama administration unveiled an initiative to give consumers more control over their personal information online, calling on Internet companies such as Google Inc. and Facebook Inc. to develop common privacy standards.

SAT Test Demanding Teen Information Prompts Regulator Query

U.S. Representatives Ed Markey and Joe Barton asked the College Board , owner of the SAT college entrance exam, to explain how it collects and stores data from students as the government seeks to bolster teen privacy laws.

Pepsi Uses Games to Mask Doritos Ads for Teens, Groups Say

PepsiCo Inc.’s Frito-Lay unit uses online video games and concerts to disguise marketing campaigns for its Doritos chips aimed at teenagers, consumer groups said in a complaint to U.S. regulators.

Apple, Android Apps Must Provide More Child Data, FTC Says

Makers and sellers of mobile applications through Apple Inc.’s Apple Store and Google Inc.’s Android Market must improve disclosures to parents about personal information collected about their children, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission said.

FTC’s New Code-Cracker Says Web Marketers Don’t Need Tracking

Internet marketers may be able to persuade consumers to provide better data about themselves voluntarily than companies collect by tracking Web behavior, the Federal Trade Commission ’s new technology chief says.

Ivy League Colleges Solicit Students Rejected for Stake of Selectivity

Nicole Ederer was delighted when Columbia University and Duke University wooed her with e-mails and letters after she scored 214 out of 240 on her preliminary SAT college entrance exam junior year.

"Facebook can't simply get a parent to say OK and have children face a slew of viral marketing and ad campaigns."

- Jeff Chester on Jun 04, 2012

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Colleges Soak Poor Students to Funnel Aid to Rich

Hospital Charges Vary Across U.S. for Same Procedures

U.S. Stocks Climb After Dow Tops 15,000 Amid Earnings

State Department Official Says Benghazi Help Plea Spurned

Enron’s Jeff Skilling May Get Decade Off Sentence in Deal