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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
by Stratoscope 7y ago
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 experience of watching it with them, it was clearly directed toward children.
OTOH, my dogs and cats have a YouTube channel where they show off their playtime adventures. It's completely child-friendly, but it's not specifically directed toward kids, it's just dogs and cats playing around. So I didn't mark the channel or any of the videos as being directed toward children.
I'm not familiar with all the videos you mentioned, but the ones I recognize would seem to be in the same category as my dog and cat videos: not directed toward children.
- SpicyLemonZest 7y agoOn 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 names of popular toys", I think it's reasonable to be concerned. The FTC should (but I'm hopeful they will!) clarify that "directed towards children" only applies when you're specifically trying to get kids to watch it.
- Mirioron 7y agoYour Mario speedrun is the perfect example of why people are worried. The FTC listed criteria that might get your videos be considered as "directed at kids" and a this type of content would tick a lot of those boxes while clearly not being directed at kids.
- robbrown451 7y agoI'm aware it is about "directed at" vs. "ok for". Blues Clues is clearly "directed at kids". My point isn't that there aren't things that are black and things that are white, but that there are also things that are gray. I tried to choose ones that are in the gray area, but if you consider the ones I listed "not directed toward children", surely there are ones whose median audience is slightly younger, that would be considered to be in that gray area. Since you mentioned it, care to share your dog and cat videos link? :) Here's my not-directed-at-kids playlist that stars a kid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6KuQYE3hDU&list=PLSz9W2tWBYvpw1zUTvjDJs7k1D2ZP7PVi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6KuQYE3hDU&list=PLSz9W2tWBY...