Google has agreed to pay $30 million to settle a long-running lawsuit by parents and their children claiming its YouTube video app collected data from millions of U.S. kids under 13 so it could target them with ads.
Google’s bill for grabbing kids YouTube user data hits $200 million with new $30 million settlement
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