Apps available for download in Google’s Play Store marketplace frequently expose kids to content that’s inappropriate and even trick some youngsters into unwittingly making in-app purchases. That’s according to a complaint that a collection of consumer and privacy advocates has filed today with the FTC.
The complaint calls for the FTC to “investigate whether Google is misrepresenting to parents that the apps in the Family section of the Play Store are child-appropriate when they are not, in violation of Section 5 of the FTC Act.”
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Consumer advocates file FTC complaint over Google Play Store marketing to kids originally appeared on BGR.com on Wed, 19 Dec 2018 at 18:35:09 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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