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return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 19 hours ago

Devastated father says his 9-year-old son spent $118,000 on YouTube ad campaigns for his Minecraft channel using a company credit card — bill racked up in just three weeks was supposed to be one $20

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Devastated father says his 9-year-old son spent $118,000 on YouTube ad campaigns for his Minecraft channel using a company credit card — bill racked up in just three weeks was supposed to be one $20

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return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 19 hours ago
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    Any company that issues its employees credit cards with six figure limits will have no issue reversing the charges trying to sue Google.

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      If they have a Workspace account for the entire business, they could be big enough to be in the “Google actually cares because they bring in $$$” category and will drop the charge.

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      I assumed it was his own company

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        Article references his manager

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          Thanks I missed that

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