The platform collected child data under 13, without the consent of their parents and used them to direct ads and make huge profits.
Πdelicious mammoth $ 170 million imposed on YouTube, as he was found to be violating children's privacy issues.
Google, which now owns YouTube, has agreed to pay the fine in a settlement with the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
The platform systematically collected data concerning children under the age of 13, without the consent of their parents.
It is estimated that YouTube has made millions from this practice, while the fine is the largest that the Commission has imposed against Google in history.
In any case, $ 170 million is a "minimum" amount, compared to the $ XNUMX billion the Commission owed Facebook to pay, for similar reasons.
In the US, children up to the age of 13 are protected by special federal legislation that requires parental consent to provide data on online platforms.
"YouTube was taking advantage of its popularity with children in an attempt to gain customers," the commissioner said, adding that the platform did not admit the illegal practice even when investigated, refusing to accept that its practices were directly aimed at children. «There is no excuse for YouTube breaking the law", Added the representative of the Commission.
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