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99% of channel owners producing content for children know their market includes children; the other 1% are lying. This gives Youtube's army of annotators better

99% of channel owners producing content for children know their market includes children; the other 1% are lying. This gives Youtube's army of annotators better basis to flag the liars. Not just that the content is directed to children, but that they are liars.

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Mirioron 7y ago
And if the FTC decides that your Mario speed run is kids friendly, because it has animated characters, flashy graphics, and is related to toys? Speed runs most definitely aren't targeted at kids, but according to FTC rules that could be classified as kid friendly.
- thekyle 7y ago
  This isn't really an area that I'm super familiar with but why wouldn't a Mario speed run be kids friendly? That seems like the type of thing I would have watched when I was 12. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speedrun https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speedrun
  - manigandham 7y ago
    THe point isn't being kid-friendly, it's whether it's directed primarily to kids. If it's deemed to be that way (by the FTC or by Youtube) then it overrules what the creator claims and can eliminate their monetization and open up legal risk and fines.
  - Mirioron 7y ago
    I misspoke. I meant directed at kids. I don't think speedruns are directed at people below the age of 13. It really doesn't seem like the target audience.
manigandham 7y ago
That's neither true nor the problem. The issue is people who are not producing content for children and claim it properly but have that categorization overruled by the FTC or Youtube. This then removes their revenue and incurs legal fines. Youtube is also now doing this with automatic bots that have no understanding of context and comes with a long appeals process. This severely hurts creators who get unfairly and inaccurately caught up in this while having no control over any of the data collection practices of Youtube which started this whole mess.

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Mirioron 7y ago

And if the FTC decides that your Mario speed run is kids friendly, because it has animated characters, flashy graphics, and is related to toys? Speed runs most definitely aren't targeted at kids, but according to FTC rules that could be classified as kid friendly.

thekyle 7y ago
This isn't really an area that I'm super familiar with but why wouldn't a Mario speed run be kids friendly? That seems like the type of thing I would have watched when I was 12. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speedrun https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speedrun
- manigandham 7y ago
  THe point isn't being kid-friendly, it's whether it's directed primarily to kids. If it's deemed to be that way (by the FTC or by Youtube) then it overrules what the creator claims and can eliminate their monetization and open up legal risk and fines.
- Mirioron 7y ago
  I misspoke. I meant directed at kids. I don't think speedruns are directed at people below the age of 13. It really doesn't seem like the target audience.

manigandham 7y ago

That's neither true nor the problem. The issue is people who are not producing content for children and claim it properly but have that categorization overruled by the FTC or Youtube. This then removes their revenue and incurs legal fines. Youtube is also now doing this with automatic bots that have no understanding of context and comes with a long appeals process. This severely hurts creators who get unfairly and inaccurately caught up in this while having no control over any of the data collection practices of Youtube which started this whole mess.