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Off the top of my head: A magician show. A circus performance. Summer Olympics. Will some algorithm deem a full-body swim suit, or sparkling bikini outfit, or

Off the top of my head: A magician show. A circus performance. Summer Olympics. Will some algorithm deem a full-body swim suit, or sparkling bikini outfit, or an ad-laden sports bra as "not for children"? What if my kid is into gymnastics, volleyball, swimming, stage magic more complicated than Blues Clues and Smiley The Clown? Will I get my entire Google existence snuffed if I log in as myself and let the kid watch anyway? As an adult, will I no longer be allowed to watch clips from "Legend Of Korra" [an example]?

p1necone 7y ago
The obvious solution to me is to just ask users how old they are. Parents should be supervising enough to do this for their young kids. Maybe let you lock an age restricted account logged in. If you're not supervising enough to notice your kid clearing history/cookies to get "adult" access then that's on you. It's not clear to me that youtube should be expected to police this very strongly, especially when sites like pornhub or liveleak are a few keystrokes away.
- drdeadringer 7y ago
  I agree on a lot of this. The sceptical and possibly modernly-ignorant part of me is stuck in 1997 clicking "Yes I Am Over 18". I must be missing 20 years of Internet Technology Advancement somewhere and am open to edification.
- dodobirdlord 7y ago
  They do/have. You have to be 13+ to make an account. This was apparently not enough to avoid a $170 million dollar fine [0] and now it's apparently time for absurdly vague but extremely threatening regulatory guidance [1]. Doesn't seem like there is much option at this point other than massive disaster response. [0] https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2019/09/google-youtube-will-pay-record-170-million-alleged-violations https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2019/09/googl... [1] https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/blogs/business-blog/2019/11/youtube-channel-owners-your-content-directed-children https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/blogs/business-blog/2019/11/...
dodobirdlord 7y ago
> Will I get my entire Google existence snuffed if I log in as myself and let the kid watch anyway? Strictly speaking, the youtube ToS requires the user to be 13+. Children under 13 are supposed to use the kids version.

p1necone 7y ago

The obvious solution to me is to just ask users how old they are. Parents should be supervising enough to do this for their young kids. Maybe let you lock an age restricted account logged in. If you're not supervising enough to notice your kid clearing history/cookies to get "adult" access then that's on you. It's not clear to me that youtube should be expected to police this very strongly, especially when sites like pornhub or liveleak are a few keystrokes away.

drdeadringer 7y ago
I agree on a lot of this. The sceptical and possibly modernly-ignorant part of me is stuck in 1997 clicking "Yes I Am Over 18". I must be missing 20 years of Internet Technology Advancement somewhere and am open to edification.
dodobirdlord 7y ago
They do/have. You have to be 13+ to make an account. This was apparently not enough to avoid a $170 million dollar fine [0] and now it's apparently time for absurdly vague but extremely threatening regulatory guidance [1]. Doesn't seem like there is much option at this point other than massive disaster response. [0] https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2019/09/google-youtube-will-pay-record-170-million-alleged-violations https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2019/09/googl... [1] https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/blogs/business-blog/2019/11/youtube-channel-owners-your-content-directed-children https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/blogs/business-blog/2019/11/...

dodobirdlord 7y ago

> Will I get my entire Google existence snuffed if I log in as myself and let the kid watch anyway? Strictly speaking, the youtube ToS requires the user to be 13+. Children under 13 are supposed to use the kids version.