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Anyone watching children's content on YouTube will be considered a child, meaning they will reduce data collection down to the minimum necessary to "support the operation of the service" for those viewers at that time. Personalized ads will stop running on children's content. Comments and notifications will be disabled on children's content. Content creators will be required to identify children's content, and videos will also be categorized that way via machine learning. Mandatory annual training for the company's "teams" regarding children's protections.
Anyone watching children's content on YouTube will be considered a child, meaning they will reduce data collection down to the minimum necessary to "support the operation of the service" for those viewers at that time.
Hmm, I'm certainly glad that kids will (hopefully) not be seeing anything inappropriate, but I'm worried how this'll affect us folks, too. Like, this bit has me mildly concerned:QuoteAnyone watching children's content on YouTube will be considered a child, meaning they will reduce data collection down to the minimum necessary to "support the operation of the service" for those viewers at that time.What's going to be considered "children's content"? If I feel like watching, I dunno, the MLP:FiM opening then does that count as "children's content"? I'm hoping they're talking about videos specifically marked as "children's content" or something (idk how this all works) instead of YT just arbitrarily deciding what is and isn't directed towards kids, otherwise a lot of stuff could get screwed over by this :/ I mean there's just a lot of stuff in a grey area, right? Like... a clip from, I dunno, an 80s kids show isn't going to be inappropriate for kids, but at the same time, the uploader hasn't necessarily uploaded it for them, you know? Hmmm. I hope we get some more clarification on it all.
What I find interesting is how commenting on these kid vids is restricted. Good move, tbh. I don't like the tone of the article. Snide remarks about "modern parenting" are so typical whenever adults complain about these things.No parent can watch their kids 24/7 and kids can gain access to youtube rather easily these days. If you keep them away from tablets, phones and computers they will just use their friends devices. Also, how are parents responsible for a sick freak putting crap into a Frozen video? You just don't expect Disney videos to suddenly show your child something horrible. You can't sit with your kid for everything, there is chores and work to be done.Parent sees Elsa video... ok, watch it, kiddo. Parent does something else in the house, suddenly kid screams because a sicko put something in there. If the internet is so dangerous then make the internet more safe. Simple. It's not like kids should be shut out of using technology until they can handle seeing decapitated heads. Nobody should see that sort of crap.
As a pony toy youtuber my biggest issue is disabling comments. That effectively kills the whole point of the platform! YouTube Kids doesn’t have a commenting system so children can watch videos there without that worry, so why turn them off for adults you do wanna leave a comment?.That’s what upsets me the most.
Quote from: okamigirl64 on September 04, 2019, 03:52:49 PMAs a pony toy youtuber my biggest issue is disabling comments. That effectively kills the whole point of the platform! YouTube Kids doesn’t have a commenting system so children can watch videos there without that worry, so why turn them off for adults you do wanna leave a comment?.That’s what upsets me the most. I thought it would only disable comments if you put it on YT Kids or tagged it Kid's Content? So I guess the sollution is just don't label it for kids. Label it All Audiences? But I could be wrong. This is only one article and half a opinion piece at that.
Quote from: Zapper on September 05, 2019, 03:17:25 AMQuote from: okamigirl64 on September 04, 2019, 03:52:49 PMAs a pony toy youtuber my biggest issue is disabling comments. That effectively kills the whole point of the platform! YouTube Kids doesn’t have a commenting system so children can watch videos there without that worry, so why turn them off for adults you do wanna leave a comment?.That’s what upsets me the most. I thought it would only disable comments if you put it on YT Kids or tagged it Kid's Content? So I guess the sollution is just don't label it for kids. Label it All Audiences? But I could be wrong. This is only one article and half a opinion piece at that.If it’s targeted at kids or had kids toys in iit will be flagged as such. So I review mlp toys. It’s meant for everyone but youtube will pick it up as for just for kids.
In order to identify content made for kids, creators will be required to tell us when their content falls in this category,
and we’ll also use machine learning to find videos that clearly target young audiences, for example those that have an emphasis on kids characters, themes, toys, or games.