Software industry braces for new online privacy rules for children

Tuesday, December 18, 2012 | 4:40 p.m. CST; updated 5:31 p.m. CST, Tuesday, December 18, 2012

WASHINGTON — A cellphone game for kids about U.S. geography, "Stack the States," gets rave reviews from parents. Its creator, Dan Russell-Pinson, considered making the 99-cent app better by adding a feature to allow children to play online against one another. But with the Federal Trade Commission issuing more stringent online child privacy rules, he's not even pursuing the idea.

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