FBI teams up with website violating online child protection law

By at 9:37 am Sunday, Oct 22

Oops. An FBI website for kids about how to surf safely directs young users to a website that violates the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) by requiring minors to fork over home telephone numbers and addresses to take an Internet safety quiz (about how to become an FBI agent.)

Link (Thanks, Ryan Singel)

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