YouTube, COPPA, FTC, Child Privacy Laws, and DARK TIMES for Content Creators

[dth1971]

IT GETS WORSE: Apparently, STDs are "for kids" now

Why STD for Kids?

 

[RDG]

You probably already know about this, but for those who don't...

 

[AdrenalineRush1996]

I'll say this again. The COPPA was the worst decision YouTube has ever made.

 

[Mandouga]

I'll say this again. The COPPA was the worst decision YouTube has ever made.

Blame Congress for that. The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act was their idea, and that was years ago...

(sigh)

However, if you mean what YouTube is doing right now, then yes, it is the worst decision they've made.

 

[JedSwag]

They fix the Scientifically Accurate except the SpongeBob parody is still not fix.

 

[RDG]

So... Star Wars Kids recently uploaded THIS:

Channels like these are meant for UNDER-13s due to COPPA, right? So then, why would they allow THIS?

 

[RDG]

IT GETS WORSE: Marketers are gathering data on your kids from the apps they use, study finds

 

[AdrenalineRush1996]

IT GETS WORSE: Marketers are gathering data on your kids from the apps they use, study finds

All I can say is yikes.

 

[RDG]

IT GETS WAAAAAAAAAY WORSE YouTube unlawfully violates kids’ privacy, new $3.2B lawsuit claims

YouTube slapped with $3.2 billion lawsuit in UK over child privacy violations

A class action style lawsuit has been filed against YouTube in the UK, alleging it of violating the country's privacy laws for children and harvesting their data for advertisers.

www.androidcentral.com

YouTube faces new UK lawsuit over children’s privacy

One year after agreeing to pay US$170 million to the US FTC and New York Attorney General, the Google-owned platform is facing new claims that it tracks children under 13 across the pond.

kidscreen.com

 

[AdrenalineRush1996]

IT GETS WAAAAAAAAAY WORSE YouTube unlawfully violates kids’ privacy, new $3.2B lawsuit claims

YouTube slapped with $3.2 billion lawsuit in UK over child privacy violations

A class action style lawsuit has been filed against YouTube in the UK, alleging it of violating the country's privacy laws for children and harvesting their data for advertisers.

www.androidcentral.com

YouTube faces new UK lawsuit over children’s privacy

One year after agreeing to pay US$170 million to the US FTC and New York Attorney General, the Google-owned platform is facing new claims that it tracks children under 13 across the pond.

kidscreen.com

See, this is why COPPA is failing.

 

[Mandouga]

See, this is why COPPA is failing.

COPPA itself, or YouTube's new COPPA-based policy?

Either way, everyone knows something has to be done.

 

[AdrenalineRush1996]

COPPA itself, or YouTube's new COPPA-based policy?

Either way, everyone knows something has to be done.

Both, thank you very much and let's be honest, it wasn't a good idea at all.

 

[RDG]

YouTube will use machine learning to age-restrict inappropriate videos later this year YouTube using machine learning to age restrict inappropriate videos later this year - htxt.africa

YouTube is about to age-restrict way more videos

YouTube is going to rely on AI way more to automatically age-restrict videos.

www.theverge.com

 

[Mandouga]

Considering that everyone has to choose between two different extremes with no middle ground, I can't really see this going well...unless of course, this problem was to be fixed as well...

 

[AdrenalineRush1996]

Considering that everyone has to choose between two different extremes with no middle ground, I can't really see this going well...unless of course, this problem was to be fixed as well...

Yeah, you and me on that.

 

[RDG]

There's now a push for ad restrictions on children's YouTube channels Kid influencers on YouTube are pushing junk food, sugary beverages to other kids, study says | WRAL TechWire

Young YouTube influencers are increasingly marketing junk food to fellow kids, study finds | CNN

Kid influencers on YouTube are marketing junk food and sugary beverages to their fellow kids, and they're racking up billions of page views, according to a new study published Monday in the journal Pediatrics.

www.cnn.com

 

[RDG]

Update on the lawsuit in New Mexico Google Faces Appeal from New Mexico in Children’s Privacy Suit (1)

 

[JMTV]

(sigh)

Can we go back in time were YouTube treating all of their content creators equally and fairly and making videos just for fun? I missed those days...

In all seriousness, this whole COPPA B.S could've been EASILY avoided if YouTube implemented a age rating system and creator-friendly copyright protection system to all content creators and Youtubers, and THAT'S IT!

If they actually did that, then we wouldn't be in whole mess by now....

 

[Kooplecrap Me]

makes no sense, why tf did they even allow those kids videos on the regular yt anyway? Do they even know that they made a kids version of yt? And, i'm talking about stuff like ryan, and those cancerous nursery rhymes videos which makes me wanna throw my phone out the window.

 

[JMTV]

why tf did they even allow those kids videos on the regular yt anyway?

Blame on the parents for not even checking it and blame on certain people for taking advantage of the algorithm and ruined it for everyone.