YouTube channel owners: Is your content directed to children?

Post by jacobwilliamroy » Sun, Nov 24, 2019, 6:12 AM UTC

testvox wrote: post #13

jacobwilliamroy wrote: post #9

How did youtube manage to convince the ftc that their practice of illegally surveilling minors is somehow the fault of youtube users? Doesn't every youtube user provide their age when they make an account? Shouldn't youtube have some kind of predicate like "if child doNotTrack"? I think google might be committing libel here. Claiming their users violate coppa when their users can't even control who google does or doe…

Youtube doesn't allow you to create an account if you select an age that would make you a child. But you don't need an account to watch youtube.

Post by Mirioron » Sun, Nov 24, 2019, 6:17 AM UTC

ars wrote: post #34

oceanghost wrote: post #8

I'd like to make a point here that isn't coming up enough in this conversation. GOOGLE knowingly tracked children, marketed towards them, but somehow the FTC allowed them to transfer liability to their creators. No creator has ever tracked children, and yet, they are liable for Google's actions? What options am I left here? I can't make content for children of even talk about anything that might appeal to a child; I…

Google was fined $170 million and required to do better. > What options am I left here? I can't make content for children of even talk about anything that might appeal to a child Or ......... you can mark your video as targeted as children.

Post by Mirioron » Sun, Nov 24, 2019, 6:20 AM UTC

SpicyLemonZest wrote: post #43

Stratoscope wrote: post #16

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I got the email from YouTube a week or so ago, and it seemed clear to me that they were not asking "is your content OK for kids to watch?" They were asking "is your content directed toward kids?" The FTC page confirms that and gives some examples. To pull an example from memory, I used to watch Blue's Clues with my kids when they were little. Even though I also enjoyed the humor and creativity of the show, and the ex…

On one hand, yes, that's definitely what the FTC is trying to say. In their complaint against Youtube, all of the channels are completely without a doubt directed towards kids in the normal sense. But if I'm, like, a Mario speedrunner, when I read that the FTC's indica of child-targeted content include "the use of animated characters" and "enabled settings that made their content appear when users searched for the na…

Post by viraptor » Sun, Nov 24, 2019, 6:25 AM UTC

Mirioron wrote: post #51

swiley wrote: post #15

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I was under the impression no one is supposed to be swearing according to the TOS (at least for minimized channels.) The whole social dynamic here is IMO pretty confusing. Google is kind of an ass to the content creators but they don’t leave. Everyone says it’s about discoverability but video podcasts are discoverable, nicer to creators and literally push your content to your subscribers devices. Not to mention most…

> but video podcasts are discoverable No they're not. Does the average person know what you're even talking about here? Because I don't know and a service that's unknown is not discoverable.

Post by ropiwqefjnpoa » Sun, Nov 24, 2019, 6:39 AM UTC

oceanghost wrote: post #8

I'd like to make a point here that isn't coming up enough in this conversation. GOOGLE knowingly tracked children, marketed towards them, but somehow the FTC allowed them to transfer liability to their creators. No creator has ever tracked children, and yet, they are liable for Google's actions? What options am I left here? I can't make content for children of even talk about anything that might appeal to a child; I…