WASHINGTON, D.C. — Disney has agreed to pay $10 million to settle a lawsuit from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), accusing the entertainment giant of violating federal children’s privacy laws by improperly labeling child-directed content on YouTube and enabling targeted advertising without parental consent, media outlets reported.
“Our order penalizes Disney’s abuse of parents’ trust, and, through a mandated video-review program, makes room for the future of protecting kids online — age assurance technology,” FTC Chairman Andrew N. Ferguson said in a statement to CBS News .
In a statement to the Hollywood Reporter , a Disney spokesperson noted the settlement doesn’t involve Disney-owned and operated platforms and is “limited to the distribution of some of our content (put on YouT