Important changes coming to YouTube; you need to take action

*important changes that may impact your monetization and content
discoverability are coming.*
Starting today, all creators are required to tell us if their content is
*made for kids* in order to comply with the Children's Online Privacy
Protection Act (COPPA) and/or other applicable laws. To help you comply,
we are introducing a new audience setting in YouTube Studio
https://www.google.com/appserve/mkt/p/AFnwnKX4lIN3Jfa5avAv73X9jup5P8owLTTqqglCXzGYOJoawL HnHaGl6UQAJPthLxXfo7QfFeQZHIS7G9vrEyu-rPrLEN1dkDKIOQaRqQgjr1okW-bGsDQ-Uv0B8wctdD1eZrydP72nO0tBaK37OZdeO8Q.

Depending on the amount of *made for kids* content on your channel, you
can set your audience at either the channel level or the video level.
For those who are setting at the channel level, it is just one click.
Potential Audience Settings
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/h/1w0slk4030fot/#m_-998516801857069963_
These changes are required as part of a settlement with the US Federal
Trade Commission (FTC) and NY Attorney General, and will help you comply
with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and/or other
applicable laws.
We know that these changes won’t be easy for some creators, and that
this required change is going to take some time getting used to. But
these are important steps to take to ensure compliance with the law.
Please read more below to understand your legal obligations and the
impact these choices may have on your channel.
*What is changing?*
Starting today, all creators are required to mark their content as *made
for kids* or *not made for kids* in YouTube Studio.
Starting in January: we will limit the data we collect on *made for
kids* content to comply with the law. This means we will disable
personalized ads on this content (which affects revenue for creators
making content for kids), as well as certain features like comments,
notifications and others. *Note:* You may see some small changes as we
experiment and refine our systems over the next few months.
For a list of affected features, go here
https://www.google.com/appserve/mkt/p/AFnwnKWC-7q3vklPZpEsIYQdjnVUtqmdXQsuqR29yWK2W0jHux-E-2-YRSRmibFd5KEHg7L-LEsALEltkr6-tByK8RGb-uL-nO50wOI7oVSnu171Np9vz5K1kes9ZvLi8IWl_lG5fuVmAhtES_ 4idiXy9Y8.

*Why is this happening?*
These changes are required as part of a settlement with the US Federal
Trade Commission (FTC) and NY Attorney General, and will help you comply
with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and/or other
applicable laws.
Regardless of your location, we are required to ask you to set your
videos as *made for kids* if they fall into that category, please make
these settings as soon as possible.
We’ll also use machine learning systems to help us find content that is
clearly *made for kids*. But do not rely on our systems to set content
for you -- like all automated systems, ours are not perfect.
If you don’t set your content or if we detect error or abuse, we may set
your audience for you. If you fail to set your content accurately you
may face compliance issues with the FTC or other authorities, and we may
take action on your YouTube account.
*What is “made for kids� content?*
We cannot provide specific legal advice, but according to the FTC’s
guidance on COPPA, a video is child directed (which we call “*made for
kids*�) if:
• It is directed to children as the primary audience (e.g. videos for
preschoolers).
• It is directed to children but children are a secondary audience
(e.g. cartoon video that primarily targets teenagers but is also
intended for younger kids).

Learn more about the factors that determine if your content is
considered as *made for kids* here
https://www.google.com/appserve/mkt/p/AFnwnKUta6S3WhUloLKYU8SXojwLImImRGSXko3rtS4_i9ktrS J6NKeNxw0bWDcy7rWLWCArwGFS6UKKtJEOTBJtJRuDvCiJGjPO LYTaq98SAgSbD70TDoC-XgcUqtKztKj4euT2.

We know this won’t be easy for some creators, and that this required
change is going to take some getting used to. While we cannot provide
legal advice, we are committed to helping you through this transition.
You can learn more about your own obligations under The Children's
Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA)
https://www.google.com/appserve/mkt/p/AFnwnKVeyq3asmyZUbCELHoUylgCEC6a5RY8zEwti18gTFEwov lXt87LwpF2_vXgvtmH9zqGysFgfxFiASyCqpzKyvXlTTb0pffZ Ajz6IVozP9i3TaANq7HA4C0BIhE1wigkkxy24jBeHidz0zI5Fo 8TsXGWXcy-qxaUxwTpe2_o7RPd4A8C5nMEmd5eSGZnkrmf8vdDiF6RKFNmqh W5rWFNEsSQqYKSIv0rp0GL63SbqF_tcmv2BKtw
and the tools we are building to support you here
https://www.google.com/appserve/mkt/p/AFnwnKUklhDuppJfEBwScdt9p0T2fyxbe5pjFW8BrXzjReQLxO KKDb109VJ_GSW31JBGtTOQ3Jy9yoat3eYphZkrI1rD7rSCpoeT hVZZNfXyVkRSgFhcDJNkdxaqvHNJueLccSM1.

*The YouTube Team*



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I don't understand a word of this.

What's it mean for the man in the street?

Peter Jason wrote:
I don't understand a word of this.

What's it mean for the man in the street?

This is the closest translation I could find.
Hot off the presses.

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Paul

On 12/12/2019 02:16, Peter Jason wrote:
I don't understand a word of this.

What's it mean for the man in the street?

https://youtu.be/-JzXiSkoFKw
https://youtu.be/3GwDrHOe43E


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"Paul" wrote
| Peter Jason wrote:
| I don't understand a word of this.
|
| What's it mean for the man in the street?
|
| This is the closest translation I could find.
| Hot off the presses.
|
| ??{}®???$$?????????CEeEE?????????????????
|

That looks like it's probably the new terms of service.
"If you download registered or hot files it will cost you
big bucks, depending on where you live." (That's the ANSI
translation. I don't know what it means in emoji.)

On 2019-12-11 9:08 p.m., Mayayana wrote:
"Paul" wrote
| Peter Jason wrote:
| I don't understand a word of this.
|
| What's it mean for the man in the street?
|
| This is the closest translation I could find.
| Hot off the presses.
|
| ??{}®???$$?????????CEeEE?????????????????
|

That looks like it's probably the new terms of service.
"If you download registered or hot files it will cost you
big bucks, depending on where you live." (That's the ANSI
translation. I don't know what it means in emoji.)

You have to have the secret decoder ring to suss it. :-)

Rene

Rene Lamontagne wrote:
On 2019-12-11 9:08 p.m., Mayayana wrote:
"Paul" wrote
| Peter Jason wrote:
| I don't understand a word of this.
|
| What's it mean for the man in the street?
|
| This is the closest translation I could find.
| Hot off the presses.
|
| ??{}®???$$?????????CEeEE?????????????????
|

That looks like it's probably the new terms of service.
"If you download registered or hot files it will cost you
big bucks, depending on where you live." (That's the ANSI
translation. I don't know what it means in emoji.)

You have to have the secret decoder ring to suss it. :-)

Rene

We'll have to find the guy who typed it.

I can only copy/paste such ancient texts.

The secret of their manufacture has been lost.

We will never lack for question marks, that's
for sure. I predict the ¿question mark will be
with us for a long long time¡

Paul