Regulators said YouTube had collected children’s personal information and used it to profit through targeted advertising, violating the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, a U.S. federal law. In addition to the fine, YouTube channel owners will be asked to identify any children’s content they post, so those videos won’t have targeted ads. And, YouTube must get consent from parents before obtaining and sharing personal details, such as names or photos. Those changes will be made globally, Nicole Bell, a spokesperson for Google Canada, told The Logic. (The Logic)

Talking point: Though it’s a record fine from the agency for a children’s privacy case, critics said it wasn’t nearly enough for a company of Google’s size—including members of the FTC itself. The settlement, first reported in Politico last Friday, split the commission; its three Republicans voted to approve it and its two Democrats voted to reject it. The Republican commissioners called the settlement a victory for parents and said it would send a strong message to content providers to comply with federal law. But the Democrats disagreed—in addition to taking issue with the fine amount, they said the changes YouTube agreed to make don’t hold any company executive accountable for mining children’s data. “The terms of the settlement were not even significant enough to make Google issue a warning to its investors,” wrote Democratic commissioner Rohit Chopra in his dissenting statement.