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Ed Markey: “What we have seen is with COPPA, we have a framework where there is an industry that appreciates the concerns about…”

On the recordOctober 4, 2011
What we have seen is with COPPA, we have a framework where there is an industry that appreciates the concerns about children, but with teenagers, it has been no holds barred and no real sensitivity to their concerns.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey emphasizes the lack of protections for teenagers compared to children under COPPA.

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