Instagram age-checking, Twitter’s privacy center, Congress’s competing privacy plans

From the government to Big Tech, your data is the most significant topic of conversation.

Yesterday, TechCrunch published a report by Josh Constine that Instagram doesn’t ask users their age upon signup. “By not asking users their age upon signup, it can feign ignorance about how old they are,” Constine wrote. “That way, it can’t be held liable for $40,000 per violation of the [Children’s] Online Privacy Protection Act.” COPPA, which was sig…