Here's what Congress wants to know about Amazon's Echo Dot for kids
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Pop quiz time, Amazon: Lawmakers want you to tell us how your Echo Dot Kids Edition deals with weighty questions about child development, safety and privacy.
The questions come from two US lawmakers and a group of children's advocates in a letter addressed to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and a press release warning parents away from the product. The concerns come as the tech industry faces increasing scrutiny for its data collection practices. Echo Dot Kids Edition uses a platform called FreeTime to make the Alexa virtualĀ assistant child-friendly.