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Google to Pay $150-$200 Million to Settle FTC Charges

By
Ashley Gold
· · Source: Politico

Google will pay between $150 million and $200 million to settle with the Federal Trade Commission over charges that its YouTube video service violated a children’s privacy law, Politico reports, citing a person familiar with the matter. The number pales in comparison with the $5 billion the FTC fined Facebook last month to settle privacy violations, and is a drop in the bucket of the $137...

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