(Reuters) -Google will pay $30 million to settle a lawsuit claiming it violated the privacy of children using YouTube by collecting their personal information without parental consent, and using it to ...

Google has been accused of ‘grooming’ children by emailing them ahead of their 13th birthday with information on how to switch off parental controls. The company contacted children directly, telling ...

Melissa McKay of the Digital Childhood Institute filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission.

A photo shows a Google icon on a mobile phone, in Philadelphia, April 26, 2017. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File) SAN JOSE, Calif. (CN) — Google must face claims that it violated federal law which protects ...

Google has been sending email alerts to 12-year-olds informing them that they’re eligible to disable parental controls once they turn 13.

Google has agreed to pay $8.25 million to resolve a class-action lawsuit over alleged data collection from children's devices. The proposed settlement, unveiled in court papers filed Tuesday, comes in ...

Earlier this month, we heard rumblings that Google had plans to launch a more child-friendly version of its AI chatbot Gemini, and now 9to5Google reports that the tech giant has confirmed in an email ...

Google will be updating the Google Ads Child Sexual Abuse Imagery policy (CSAI) on October 22, 2025. The update will "improve clarity and transparency," according to Google. It seems some of these ...