Tag: consumer advocacy

Billions of people could be invisible in COVID-19 contract tracing efforts utilizing smartphone apps

sarah JonasExpert Pitch

A West Virginia University consumer law expert says recent announcements by Apple and Google that they’re developing a system to enable widespread contact tracing in an effort to contain the COVID-19 pandemic raises significant questions beyond whether such a plan…

No surprise here! Unboxing videos fueling tantrums, breeding consumerism

sarah JonasResearch Results

Nearly 80% of kids age 4-10 regularly watch “unboxing videos” in which people, often children, open new presents online. The more they watch, the more likely they are to beg their parents for toys and throw a fit when the answer is no. Researchers are calling for more regulation and urging parents to talk to their kids about them.