Google to Pay More Than $150 Million in YouTube Privacy Case
- Accord resolves FTC probe into children’s privacy violations
- Most significant action against tech involving kids in 5 years
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Google’s YouTube has agreed to pay more than $150 million to resolve U.S. allegations that it violated children’s privacy laws, according to a person familiar with the matter.
The settlement with the Federal Trade Commission resolves a probe into whether the video service broke a law that makes it illegal to collect information on children under 13 and disclose it to others without parental permission. A group of activists last year asked the FTC to look into the matter.