Specifically, the groups say YouTube is violating COPPA, the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, which requires that websites directed at children under the age of 13 get parental consent before they're allowed to collect children's data.
Those rules, based on a 1998 law, the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, or Coppa, require operators of Web sites directed at children to notify parents and obtain their consent before collecting information like names, e-mail addresses and phone numbers from children under 13.
Mr. Marcus said some of the most egregious Palestinian material had been directed at children.
He added that, while adults read the strip, it was directed at children.
The government has been criticised for not doing enough to tackle online abuse directed at children.
Tim Scott, president of the Chicago office of McGarryBowen, says the campaign forgoes conventions of ads directed at children.
Most of the programs were based in schools and directed at children in grades five through eight.
Chapter 1 (also called Title I) is a federal government preschool program directed at children in low-income schools who are at risk of later school failure.
He also noted that the company has joined other companies in India to restrict advertising directed at children under 12 to products with a certain level of nutrients.
Potential targets include contracts involving "pouring rights," where soft drink companies require schools to serve only their products, and advertising directed at children.
Another study from the University of Arizona found that 68.5percentt of marketing directed at children by companies that took the pledge was for the least nutritious alternatives.
