FTC’s Wilson Urges Prioritizing Update to Kids’ Privacy Rules

The Federal Trade Commission should prioritize work on a pending update to its rules for protecting children’s privacy online, according to Republican Commissioner Christine Wilson.

FTC Chair Lina Khan, a Democrat, should make sure “sufficient resources” are directed to the agency’s effort to amend rules for complying with the federal Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, Wilson said in a statement Thursday. The law, known as COPPA, limits online platforms’ collection of information about kids under age 13.

The commission has opened 80 investigations into potential COPPA violations in the past five years, according to an FTC report to Congress issued ...