YouTuber, 12, 'accidentally' runs up €100,000 bill with Google AdWords
Thursday, October 6, 2016 @ 2:18 PM
A 12-YEAR-OLD 'vlogger' who racked up a €100,000 bill with Google for advertising will not be charged, the internet giant has confirmed.
“We have reviewed the case and we have not received any money from the user, so we shall proceed to cancel the pending AdWords balance,” said a communication from the company.
The Torrevieja (Alicante) youngster, along with another friend aged 15, had set up a website with music videos and wanted to earn money as a YouTube blogger with them.
He opened an account with Google AdWords in August, believing he would then make an income from the advertising inserted in his online content.
But he did not realise that what he had contracted was a service for publicising his own website, which he had to pay for rather than the reverse.
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