FTC ( FTC ) has approved a settlement offer from Google of $5.7 million to end an investigation into whether YouTube violated the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act. The figure was approved in 2015 and will be reviewed by FTC . The FTC launched the investigation after advocacy groups charged that YouTube violated the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) by collecting data for children under the age of 13. The investigation followed complaints, some dating from 2015 , that the video-sharing site collected data on children younger than 13 . YouTube is reportedly planning to ban targeted ads for children, but it is unclear if the decision is linked to the FTC settlement.
FTC ( FTC ) has approved a settlement offer from Google of $5.7 million to end an investigation into whether YouTube violated the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act. The figure was approved in 2015 and will be reviewed by FTC . The investigation followed complaints, some dating from 2015 , that the video-sharing site collected data on children younger than 13 . YouTube is reportedly planning to ban targeted ads for children, but it is unclear if the decision is linked to the FTC settlement.