YouTube is preparing to limit the data it collects on videos targeted at kids, a step required by a settlement it reached with the Federal Trade Commission earlier this year, the Wall Street Journal reported. YouTube’s data collection crackdown is scheduled to begin in early January and could lead to a squeeze on revenue for creators of free children’s video content on the platform. The changes...
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