Twitter Distances Itself From Tiny Lab After New Mexico COPPA Complaint

Twitter distanced itself from app developer Tiny Lab after New Mexico sued both for allegedly violating the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (see 1809120041). The complaint said Twitter’s MoPub SDK was embedded in Tiny Lab’s Fun Kid Racing and other apps. “Tiny Lab was suspended from the MoPub platform in September 2017 for violating our policies regarding child-directed apps,” a Twitter spokesperson emailed. “As per our Privacy Policy, MoPub does not permit the MoPub Services to be used to collect information from apps directed to children under the age of 13 for purposes of personalized advertising.”