42 billion times

Why was YouTube Fined?

[T]he Federal Trade Commission and the New York attorney general said that YouTube broke [the] law by collecting [COPPA-prohibited personal details] from children who watched kids' videos on the site — and then earned millions of dollars by using that data to target kids with ads.

Did YouTube know that the data it was collecting belonged to kids?

Yes […] YouTube told one advertising company that video channels on its site … did not have viewers under 13. But at the same time YouTube was promoting itself as the top online destination for kids … Some of YouTube's most-viewed channels are aimed at children — the videos on one channel, Cocomelon Nursey Rhymes, have been viewed more than 42 billion times.

YouTube’s Privacy Problem, by Natasha Singer, in the New York Times “Kids” section (print only), 12 November 2019