Located at the epicenter of the scandal of the world social network Facebook may soon change the broadcasts YouTube. As became known, a group of 20 law firms filed a lawsuit against Google video service, YouTube actually accused of illegally collecting personal information from children, who are under 13 years old.
According to one of the lawyers, which is called proactive group, Google, despite all the allegations, that its video hosting service is not intended for persons under 13 years old, actually doing all, in order to attract an audience in the ranks of its members. In order to attract, to gain material benefit from the demonstration of promotional products.
according to a study, the results of which are available to groups of lawyers, no less 45% children from 8 to 12 years have their own account on YouTube, and it is a direct violation of US law, which prohibits the collection by third parties of personal data of children under 13 years of age without the consent of their parents.
If a lawsuit against YouTube is satisfied, Google will have to pay compensation at the rate of 41,4 thousand. US dollars per child. In total, this, unofficial estimates, pull almost 1 trillion dollars! For reference: the total market capitalization of Google at the moment is less than 700 billions. Respectively, a decision in favor of the plaintiff amounts to the end of the Google era.
