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Disney incorrectly categorized content, allowing unauthorized tracking of child data on YouTube.

Disney admitted to an administrative mistake in content classification, mainly during the pandemic.

FTC claims the error violated the 1998 Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act's specifications for parental consent.

The Walt Disney Company announced Tuesday that it has agreed to pay $10 million to settle a children’s privacy lawsuit with the Federal Trade Commission related to videos it uploaded on YouTube a few years ago.

According to Axios, this is the first known case where a YouTube content provider has settled with the FTC over violations of children’s privacy, since a landmark settlement with YouTube and Google in 2019.

The FTC complaint filed by the Department of Ju

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