news 12-Year-Old Racks Up €100,000 Bill After Confusing Google AdSense with AdWords

[News]

José Javier and his friend, who run a YouTube channel for their local band, aimed to “get rich and buy a mansion” by signing up for Google AdSense adverts on their videos, before being hit with a six-figure bill for the adverts they had placed instead.

Google AdSense allows users to monetize their content, including YouTube videos and websites, while AdWords allows users to advertise their own content or product around the internet...

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[briguy]

Considering his age, how can he get a youtube account and a adsense account? Not a legal expert but pretty sure not legally binding.

 

[baseballworld]

Yeah he I dont think you can sue a 12 year old

 

[baseballworld]

Google said this.\
“[We] will proceed to cancel the outstanding balance of AdWords,” said Google in a statement, acknowledging that the purchase had been made by mistake.

 

[LaunchUp.com]

I find this funny...

 

[ZapNano]

"12 years old boy". He is super under age! " Google"and "Adwords" hmmmm, they know better!

At one time someone wants to buy a domain name from me; he told me he is only 16 years old, so he is trying to convence me to sell it to him for cheap.

But I wasn't concern about him using his age to get cheaper price. I was of more concerned of his legal age. I told him, I don't sell domain names to a minor.