Google Adds Fresh Privacy Features For Under 18s Following Facebook, Apple - Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG), Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL)

Alphabet Inc's GOOG GOOGL Google will stop targeting ads based on people's age, gender, or interests below eighteen years, the company said in a blog post.
Recently Facebook Inc FB undertook a similar initiative.
Bloomberg reported that Google's privacy changes would encompass video site YouTube, standard Search, Google Assistant, location history, the Google Play Store, and Google Workspace for Education.
Google is introducing a new policy for the under-18s and their parents or guardians to request the removal of the young person's images from Google Image search results.
YouTube will change the default upload setting to its most private option for teens aged 13-17, which will help them to select their viewers.
Google will disable the location history feature.
Recently, Apple Inc AAPL introduced features to detect child sexual abuse content on the U.S. iPhones.
Price Action: GOOG shares closed higher by 0.07% at $2,761.93 on Tuesday.
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