Microsoft to Provide Additional $9M to International Center for Missing and Exploited Children
Three major Internet companies have settled with the Justice Department for $31.5 million for promoting illegal online gambling, a U.S. attorney in Missouri announced Wednesday.
Microsoft, Google and Yahoo will set up a fund to air public service announcements informing young people that online gambling in the United States is illegal.
Google will pay the government $3 million and Yahoo will pay $7.5 million for their participation in advertising online gambling on their search engines.
Microsoft will pay $21 million. As part of the settlement, Microsoft will also provide $9 million to the International Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
Full story: abcnews.com
