Google to settle YouTube child privacy violations for up to £164m

Google will allegedly pay between and million to end the FTC investigation into whether YouTube violated a children's privacy law, Politico reported this afternoon. The FTC reportedly voted along party lines (3-2) to approve the settlement, which will now be reviewed by the Justice Department. Just last week, we learned that YouTube is allegedly planning to ban targeted ads on videos aimed at children. Until now, the FTC's largest fine for COPPA violations was the .7 million settlement it reached with TikTok in February.