I'm assuming you're referring to this [0]. Looks like the two options are either the video is removed, or put behind an age gate. Isn't the FTC's issue here t

I'm assuming you're referring to this [0]. Looks like the two options are either the video is removed, or put behind an age gate. Isn't the FTC's issue here that they simply don't believe YouTube when it comes to an account's age? A kid could be watching the targeted-to-kids content and still be on their older sibling's account, or they may have lied about their birthday (who didn't?) - either way, their argument is that YouTube and content creators are violating COPPA if the content itself is what they consider targeted to kids, and a kid watches it - regardless of what YouTube claims their account age to be. So, putting the creepy videos behind an age gate - seems to not be a valid defense in light of the FTC's reasoning that age gates are not reliable. Which is why their silence on this side of the issue is confusing to me. Unless there's some kind of tunnel vision going on here, and they're worried about the ad metrics or whatever that YouTube is generating from minors - and the FTC just doesn't care about the actual content of the videos, so long as you're very careful about what data you collect and how you monetize videos a kid might watch. [0]: https://youtube.googleblog.com/2017/11/5-ways-were-toughening-our-approach-to.html https://youtube.googleblog.com/2017/11/5-ways-were-toughenin...