YouTube to pay US$170mil fine after violating kids' privacy law

A sign with coming changes to kids' comment on YouTube is displayed as Simons speaks at a news conference at the US Federal Trade Commission in Washington on Sept 4, 2019, to announce that Google's video site YouTube has been fined US$170mil to settle allegations it collected children's personal data without their parents' consent. — AP

WASHINGTON: Google will pay US$170mil (RM712.81mil) to settle allegations its YouTube video service collected personal data on children without their parents' consent.

The company agreed to work with video creators to label material aimed at kids and said it will limit data collection when users view such videos, regardless of their age.