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The big one: rather than trying to verify that users are over the age of 13, it's just going to treat all content aimed at kids as if it is watched by kids, regardless of age of the viewer, and it's going to COPPA-ify that content. As per federal COPPA guidelines, that means that YouTube will limit data collection and use and the serving up of personalized ads on such videos.

The new policy addresses how coordinated online abuse often happens in real life: poisonous drips spanning multiple videos/comments.

Or your small/new channel, or to shut you down if you use an ad blocker, though a clause in its new ToS is leading people to fear the worst.

100K or so creators in the YouTube car community were targeted by a phishing campaign that captured 2FA codes.

At every turn, the info-stealer uses legitimate services to get around normal email, endpoint and network defenses.

YouTube can't track kids online anymore without their parents' permission, says the FTC, as it fined the Google-subsidiary $170m.

Google has finally agreed to pay $170 million fine to settle allegations by the Federal Trade Commission and the New York attorney general that its YouTube service earned millions by illegally...

Google and its subsidiary YouTube will pay a record $170 million to settle allegations by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the New York Attorney General that the YouTube video sharing...

Google agreed Wednesday to pay $170 million to settle charges that it illegally collected and shared data from children on its YouTube video service, a deal critics said was too soft on the...

It's a gnat bite, critics say: The FTC's reported fine would be worth about two to three months of YouTube ad revenue.