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Google pays $30M to settle lawsuit over children’s YouTube data

Media & Entertainment News | TechCrunch · Amanda Silberling · last updated
Google has agreed to pay $30M to settle a lawsuit over children’s data collection, though the company denies wrongdoing.

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