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by antonymy 1361 days ago
Well...

>SEC. 406. COPPA.

>(a) In General.—Nothing in this Act shall be construed to relieve or change any obligations that a covered entity or another person may have under the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (15 U.S.C. 6501 et seq.).

>(b) Updated Regulations.—Not later than 180 days after the enactment of this Act, the Commission shall amend its rules issued pursuant to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (15 U.S.C. 6501 et seq.) to make reference to the additional requirements placed on covered entities under this Act, in addition to those already enacted under the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 that may already apply to some of such covered entities.

Not exactly new rules, but they're making sure this doesn't overwrite anything they already enacted "for the children".

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Also, my understanding is that COPPA is actually pretty well-scoped to legitimately protecting children. I say this as someone who works on a product that is affected by COPPA.