Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak slams YouTube for scam videos

Wozniak is joining a legal fight taking aim at the flimsy controls on Google's YouTube video site that have turned him into a unwilling pawn in a scam that has stolen millions of dollars from people around the world. — AP

SAN RAMON, California: Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak is launching a legal attack against Google’s YouTube video site for allowing con artists to use him as a pawn in a Bitcoin scam believed to have heisted millions of dollars from people around the world.

The personal computer pioneer vented his frustration and anger in a video conference held July 23 to explain why he decided to sue one of the world’s biggest Internet companies in a California state court earlier this week. The suit also represents 17 alleged victims of the bitcoin scam, including 10 people who live outside the US.