Google has announced the much-anticipated release of a child-friendly YouTube service, YouTube Kids, Inside Counsel reports. “The app will no doubt be analyzed for its safety, and—as with any issue regarding children and the Internet—it calls up issues of compliance with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act,” the report states. Meanwhile, representatives of a group of young children are appealing a judge’s decision to dismiss a lawsuit accusing Google and Viacom of violating a federal video privacy law, MediaPost reports. The suit “centers on allegations that Viacom allows Google to set tracking cookies on the kids’ site Nick.com,” the report states.
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