Partner Benjamin Stein Quoted in Cybersecurity Law Report

Partner Benjamin Stein discusses YouTube’s recent settlement with the FTC and New York AG in an article in Cybersecurity Law Report. (Note that subscription or registration for a free trial is required to access the full article.)

As discussed in our earlier post, the size of the monetary penalty against YouTube (a total fine of $170M) is eye-catching, especially compared to the previous high-water mark for COPPA fines ($5.7M). However, more noteworthy is how the FTC concluded that YouTube fell within the scope of COPPA, how this affects operators of other platforms that host substantial user-generated content, and what it might mean for businesses that distribute child-directed content through those platforms. For more, see Cybersecurity Law Reports’ article “Far-Reaching Google and YouTube Settlement Offers COPPA Compliance Lessons.”