Sources: after complaints about privacy practices around children's videos on YouTube, FTC is in late stages of a probe, causing YouTube to rethink its strategy
Data Sheet Geoff Weiss / Tubefilter : YouTube Reportedly In Late Stages Of Federal Investigation For Violating Children's Privacy Laws Haydn Taylor / GamesIndustry.biz : YouTube reportedly under investigation over alleged child protection breaches Stephen E. Arnold / Beyond Search : Building Trust: Current Instances of Dubious Credibility Melanie Ehrenkranz / Gizmodo : Claims YouTube Illegally Tracked Kids Reportedly Spark Federal Investigation Aditi Agrawal / MediaNama : US government investigating YouTube for violating children's privacy Bloomberg : YouTube Is Considering Changes to Kids Content After Criticism Jon Fingas / Engadget : FTC reportedly investigating YouTube over children's privacy Allison Matyus / Digital Trends : YouTube could make big changes to children's content amid federal investigation Joe Maring / Android Central : The FTC is investigating YouTube for not protecting kids on the platform Rachel Sandler / Forbes : YouTube Under Investigation For Being Dangerous To Children Kevin Webb / Business Insider : YouTube is reportedly being investigated by the FTC over how it handles children's videos … Harper Neidig / The Hill : YouTube under federal investigation over children's privacy: report Carrie Mihalcik / CNET : YouTube faces FTC investigation into its kids practices, report says Andrew Orr / The Mac Observer : YouTube Under Federal Investigation Over Children's Privacy Tweets: Cat Zakrzewski / @cat_zakrzewski : .@SenMarkey responds to the @PostTech report on the FTC's investigation into YouTube, calling it “long overdue.” pic.twitter.com/EzHcTva3kk Lindsey Barrett / @lam_barrett : v. cool that the FCC's arguing kids don't need educational broadcast programming bc they have YouTube on the same day @TonyRomm, @lizzadwoskin & @craigtimberg reported that the FTC's investigating YouTube for violating kids' privacy https://docs.fcc.gov/... https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/... Ed Markey / @senmarkey : An FTC investigation into YouTube's treatment of children online is long overdue. It is no secret that kids flock to YouTube every day, but the company has yet to take the necessary steps to protect its youngest users. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Soraya Chemaly / @schemaly : YouTube under federal investigation over allegations it violates federal laws regarding children's privacy and rights. Privacy as the focal point is going to come back and bite advocates in virtual and augmented tech tho. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... @nytimesbusiness : “Action by the F.T.C. is long overdue,” said campaign manager at the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood. “If action is coming, we hope it comes with the conditions that YouTube clean up its act and stop targeting children.” https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/... Dylan Collins / @mrdylancollins : 1) I spoke to the @washingtonpost about reports that YouTube are being investigated by the FTC for children's data privacy breaches (presumably COPPA) https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... but my expanded comments here... Jason Kint / @jason_kint : They always contemplate changes AFTER SIGNIFICANT public scrutiny. https://twitter.com/... Tony Romm / @tonyromm : one thing to remember: if the Commish does proceed with a COPPA complaint, it can actually seek penalties in that instance. that isn't the case with first-offense privacy violations under the FTC's deception authority. or, put differently, why the FTC wants privacy reforms https://twitter.com/... Hamza Shaban / @hshaban : The FTC is in the late stages of an investigation into YouTube for its handling of children's videos - Probe stems from complaints of improper data collection and failing to protect kids - YouTube execs considering changes to the recommendation algorithm https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Ben Pershing / @benpershing : “Four people at Google privately admitted that they don't let their kids watch YouTube unsupervised and said the sentiment was widespread at the company.” https://www.bloomberg.com/... See also Mediagazer