The lawsuit also accused Disney of benefiting from ad placements on YouTube but also ran its own targeted ad campaigns on mislabelled videos. — Reuters
WASHINGTON DC: Disney has agreed to pay US$10mil (RM42.32mil) to settle a lawsuit from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), accusing the entertainment giant of violating federal children’s privacy laws by improperly labelling child-directed content on YouTube and enabling targeted advertising without parental consent, media outlets reported.
“Our order penalises Disney’s abuse of parents’ trust, and, through a mandated video-review program, makes room for the future of protecting kids online – age assurance technology,” FTC Chairman Andrew N. Ferguson said in a statement to CBS News.
