YouTube accused of violating child privacy law that killed 'Silicon Valley' chat app

According to an FTC complaint filed by 23 child protection groups, YouTube is violating the same law that brought down Silicon Valley's PiperChat. In YouTube's case, the complaint alleges, it's for collecting data on children.

Silicon Valley fans will remember Dinesh Chugtai racking up a $21 billion fine — "the size of a small nation's GDP," he estimated — for violating the Child Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) with his video chat app's lack of what he calls "legal bullshit." 

The very real law establishes strict guidelines to protect the online privacy of children under 13. In the show, Dinesh failed to include a terms of service or way to obtain parental consent when adding his app, which was largely used by kids, to the app store. "I mean, nobody reads that stuff anyway," he says, sweating profusely.  Read more...

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