Complaint Letter to FTC Regarding Google's YouTube Kids App Violates Section 5 of the FTC Act
Consumer Federation of America, the Center for Digital Democracy (CDD), Campaign for a Commercial Free Childhood (CCFC), American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Center for Science in the Public Interest, Children Now, Consumer Watchdog, and Public Citizen call on the Commission to investigate whether Google’s YouTube Kids app violates Section 5 of the FTC Act, which prohibits unfair and deceptive marketing practices. Our review of the app shows at least three different types of deceptive or unfair marketing.
