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Illegal children get information on YouTube
The video is going to bring a new version to show the video selected for videos. In this new version parents will be able to determine what the children will see on YouTube, parents can decide. The version of the YouTube Kids is going to be launched next week. However, it has been accused of collecting illegally collecting information from non-old viewers against the organization. On Monday, 20 teams of children, consumer and privacy defense gathered together.
Their complaint, YouTube has violated the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act. Under this law, there are some policies for collecting information from Internet users under the age of 13. If you want to collect information from users in an online-based organization, you must inform the child's guardian. And according to this rule, there is an allegation of collecting information from young users of YouTube users on Google-owned YouTube.
It is mentioned in the report, "Google has got enough benefit from the collection and use of children's data on YouTube. They have been collecting millions of US baby's information for many years, which is illegal. "The charges sheet also mentions that about 23 million children have been collecting YouTube data illegally, according to the complainants.And it is also said to fined US $ 1 billion after the investigation. Advertisers are given information about children. But it is not without mentioning the minors. YouTube's policy says that anyone who is not 13 years old can not use it. You must use a Google account to use YouTube and must specify that he is more than 13 years old.However, one study found that YouTube has no age restriction in addition to the Google account. Children are not using their guardian's Google account, they are lying about the age, they have opened accounts. And about 45 percent of children aged 8 to 12 have their own Google accounts.
Meanwhile, a spokesman for Google said, "There is a separate YouTube app for kids since 2015, which follows all the policies. Children's and family's safety has always been a top priority for us. "However, Google's spokesman said they would like to investigate the complaint. If there is really a mistake, Google will give importance to correcting it.