recently published a that caught my attention about the FTC's interest in gathering public comments and suggestions for revising the Read the for details on the changes being proposed.
I know COPPA can be a sensitive topic with many educators because it seems to be the third wheel standing in the way of the instructional technology conversation between educators and their school district's legal and IT departments. Frequently it's the rigid interpretation, misinterpretation, personal-bias interpretation, or lazy interpretation of COPPA (and often how it relates to eRate funding) that becomes a huge barrier to instruction. (Having said that, I'm happy to say that in my district, although we still continue to face many battles and barriers, we are making great progress with some very forward-thinking administrators in top-level positions. I'm optimistic about our direction and the speed in which we'll get to a good place.)
For many though, it appears to be losing battle. Is this our chance to be a part of a change (however small)?
I encourage you to . The FTC will accept no anonymous comments and, probably by design, there's no discussion forum on the site, so I'd like to start that discussion here.
Keeping in mind that there IS a place for online protection (or is there?), how would you revise the rule?
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Hi My name is Larry Mcmillan. I'm currently a student in Dr. Strange EDM310 class at the university of South Alabama. I'm not sure I know how to answer your question. My father always told me that if I can't go into the site with him standing over me well I personally don't need to be going into the site. I would assume that parents would step in and monitor what their kids go into. Instead of relying on technology to do parental obligations.Thank you for you post.