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.”