Florida AG James Uthmeier sues Netflix
families opened their doors to netflix based on specific promises about privacy and safety for children, but a new legal filing suggests those assurances were misleading. james uthmeier, the trump-endorsed florida ag, has officially sued the streaming giant for allegedly gathering user data while claiming to parents that kids profiles were a secure, separate space free from ads. the complaint details how the company promised a private experience yet in 2022 converted that collected information into a massive advertising revenue stream, profiting from data they previously stated they did not gather at all. internal descriptions cited in the text portray netflix engineers characterizing the corporation as a logging entity that occasionally streams movies, capturing billions of data points from every click and scroll of users and minors alike. the lawsuit centers on the argument that parents must control the privacy settings for their children instead of leaving it up to technology companies that prioritize profit over trust. families believed the narrative that paying a monthly fee would keep big tech surveillance out of their living rooms and bedrooms, only to find behind the brand something entirely different was being built. the core assertion is that when investors were told the service would be a safe respite without advertising controversies, that promise was broken by turning collected data into a tremendous profit machine. this action seeks accountability for deceptive practices where the very data claimed to be non-existent became the foundation for a lucrative ad business targeting vulnerable households.
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Today we're here to announce a lawsuit against a company you've heard of, Netflix, after seeing them deceive Floridians, deceive parents, and not live up to the promises they've made to our citizens. Families in Florida, they work hard, and they deserve to get the benefit of their bargain. When they pay for a service, they deserve to get what they pay for. And when it comes to Netflix, they were promised that if they pay a monthly fee, they will escape big tech surveillance. There will be no ads, no data harvesting. Netflix's own CEO said, as we've cited in our complaint, we don't collect anything. He told investors the company would be the safe respite where families would have none of the controversy around exploiting users with advertising. Parents were told kids profiles were a child own space Safe separate great for kids And families believed them Families invited Netflix into their homes into their living rooms and bedrooms But behind the brand Netflix built something different. It's very clear that in 2022, they turned data they were collecting into a big advertising machine. The very data they said they were not collecting they now were turning into a tremendous profit. Netflix engineers have described the company as, quote, a logging company that occasionally streams movies. It's logging the data of users. It's logging the data of kids. Every click, every scroll, every start and stop and shift, billions of data points being logged as they profit to the tune of billions. Today, this lawsuit is about parents, because it's parents that should oversee the privacy of their kids.
