YouTube could be fined BILLIONS for 'illegally collecting data on children under 13' and allowing adverts to target them

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'YouTube is being accused of violating laws designed to protect children’s privacy online.

A complaint to the Federal Trade Commission is set to be filed today by a coalition of nearly two-dozen campaign groups.

They claim YouTube is in breach of the US Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act because is collecting personal data to target advertising to those aged under 13.

YouTube could be fined billions of dollars if the complaint is upheld.

It comes in the wake in the wake of the scandal that has engulfed Facebook over the leak of up to 87 million users’ details to Cambridge Analytica.

Read carefully through the fine print of YouTube's terms of service and you might notice that you've affirmed you are old enough to watch it.

'If you are under 13 years of age, then please do not use the service,' the terms say. 'There are lots of other great web sites for you.'

It's a warning that goes unheeded by millions of children around the world who visit YouTube to watch cartoons, nursery rhymes, science experiments or videos of toys being unboxed.'

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