Day: 26 April 2018

Advocates Say Google’s YouTube Violates Federal Children’s Privacy Law

Stuart Mitchell

A coalition of leading U.S. child advocacy, consumer, and privacy groups represented by the Institute for Public Representation filed a complaint urging the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate and sanction Google for violations of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) in operating YouTube. Google claims that YouTube is only for users 13 and up, despite being the most popular online platform for children, used by 80% of American children ages 6 to 12. The site features many programs designed and promoted for children and Google generates significant profits…

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The North Face Launches Global Effort to Celebrate the New Generation of Female Explorers

Stuart Mitchell

The North Face has launched a massive and first-ever global initiative focused on women, celebrating and sharing the stories of adventurous and courageous female explorers. Move Mountains is rooted in empowering the next generation of explorers and includes a multi-year outdoor adventure collaboration with Girls Scouts of the USA (GSUSA), a platform for sharing more stories of women in exploration, and a business commitment that impacts everything from representation in advertising campaigns to investment in product design. “We know better than anyone that there are plenty of women out there…

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RSF and its partners unveil the Journalism Trust Initiative to combat Disinformation

Stuart Mitchell

The Journalism Trust Initiative was unveiled today at a joint press The project planSee moreconference by RSF’s Secretary General Christophe Deloire, AFP Global News Director Michèle Léridon, EBU Director General Noel Curran and GEN president Peter Bale (who participated by video). JTI is designed to promote journalism by adherence to an agreed set of trust and transparency standards to be developed and implemented. This will happen by means of the so-called Workshop Agreement of the European Centre of Standardization (CEN), which was open on 3 April 2018 for participation of…

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UNHCR launches #WithRefugees solidarity tour

Stuart Mitchell

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, kicked off its #WithRefugees World Tour on Friday, 6 April 2018 with a sports day at Jordan’s Za’atari refugee camp. The #WithRefugees World Tour, which runs through 1 October, is made up of dozens of public events to raise awareness and inspire more action for people who have been forced to flee conflict or persecution. The day-long event in Za’atari will include sports workshops featuring international athletes, including celebrated Egyptian Modern Pentathlete Aya Medani. Home to some 79,000 Syrian refugees, the event in the Jordanian…

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Fairtrade calls on more fashion brands to set a deadline to start paying living wages

Stuart Mitchell

To mark the launch of Fashion Revolution Week, the Fairtrade Foundation is calling on more fashion and apparel brands and retailers to set a deadline by which they will deliver living wages in their supply chain. On the 5th anniversary of the Rana Plaza garment factory disaster in which 1,138 people died Fairtrade wants the industry to pledge to end poverty wages and ensure a fair deal for the people who make the clothes we wear. To highlight the issue a new video released shines a light on the dark…

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