Fame came at a price for a Spanish boy who mistakenly racked up €100,000 (£88,000/US$112,000) in advertising fees with Google as he attempted to make his brass band famous online. But the search company said it would waive his exorbitant bill after realising the 12-year-old had made a costly “mistake”. Javier – whose parents had opened a savings account in his name – gave his banking details thinking he was actually going to earn money from ads on his homemade website. The company realised that “it was all a mistake and that he did it without thinking”, a Google spokeswoman said on Wednesday. “A 12-year-old boy doesn’t want to start spending €100,000.”In a statement the company added it would waive the boy’s debt.

Source: The Guardian October 06, 2016 01:28 UTC