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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 (www.tomshardware.com)
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[-] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 31 points 10 hours ago

Time to sell the kid

[-] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 4 points 10 hours ago

It’s gettin’ boomer up in here.

[-] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 4 points 10 hours ago

It's getting child-free, but still majorly indebted to credit card companies up in here.

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