FTC to Ask About Disabling YouTube Ads for Kids' Privacy.

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    • Subject Terms:
      UNITED States. Federal Trade Commission
    • Subject Terms:
      YOUTUBE (Web resource)
    • Abstract:
      The article reports on the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) investigation into the potential violation of the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act by video-sharing website YouTube. Topics discussed include the possibility of disabling advertisements on videos for children, the concerns raised by the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood (CCFC) and the Center for Digital Democracy (CDD) over online data collection, and the FTC sign-off for child-directed services proposed to YouTube.