04/13/2018

Coalition Taking on YouTube Looks to Amplify Collective Voice

One federation is asking the FTC to investigate the platform for violating children’s privacy

The Consumer Federation of America (CFA) is among nearly two dozen organizations that are part of a coalition asking the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to launch an investigation into Google for allegedly violating kids’ privacy and allowing ads to target them via YouTube.

In the complaint, child advocates and consumer groups argue that YouTube is violating the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act by knowingly collecting data on users under the age of 13 and then using that data to target them with ads.

When asked why CFA signed onto this complaint, rather than writing its own, its director of consumer protection and privacy, Susan Grant said, “It’s a more efficient use of all of our limited resources.”

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