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Post by Deleted on Nov 21, 2019 22:55:13 GMT
Question, with this thing coming up next month regarding COPPA for YouTube. Should I set my YouTube channel Corner Field Hobby Railfan to Made For Kids or Not Made For Kids? Thanks for your help.
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Post by thebigcrabcake on Nov 22, 2019 0:53:45 GMT
Question, with this thing coming up next month regarding COPPA for YouTube. Should I set my YouTube channel Corner Field Hobby Railfan to Made For Kids or Not Made For Kids? Thanks for your help. Tom, I've spent hours and hours researching this and there just isn't a definitive answer. Even the Senior Attorney at the FTC refused to give a specific answer in a radio interview when asked if an 80's toys and videos channel would fall under COPPA. Best choice until there is further clarification (if ever) would be to ask yourself who your intended audience is. If you are making videos intentionally aimed at children under 13 then your videos are Children Directed. If your videos are aimed at older folks then they are probably not Child Directed. I have a YouTube channel that is very representative of the type our Members create. I definitely DO NOT aim my videos at Children and in fact the analytics show that only .1% of my Channel's 1 million channel views were by children 13-17 years old and the same for Children under 13. That leaves 99.8% of all views that were by Adults. Unless there is some other clarification, I'm marking my videos as Not Made for Children.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2019 1:58:04 GMT
Question, with this thing coming up next month regarding COPPA for YouTube. Should I set my YouTube channel Corner Field Hobby Railfan to Made For Kids or Not Made For Kids? Thanks for your help. Tom, I've spent hours and hours researching this and there just isn't a definitive answer. Even the Senior Attorney at the FTC refused to give a specific answer in a radio interview when asked if an 80's toys and videos channel would fall under COPPA. Best choice until there is further clarification (if ever) would be to ask yourself who your intended audience is. If you are making videos intentionally aimed at children under 13 then your videos are Children Directed. If your videos are aimed at older folks then they are probably not Child Directed. I have a YouTube channel that is very representative of the type our Members create. I definitely DO NOT aim my videos at Children and in fact the analytics show that only .1% of my Channel's 1 million channel views were by children 13-17 years old and the same for Children under 13. That leaves 99.8% of all views that were by Adults. Unless there is some other clarification, I'm marking my videos as Not Made for Children.
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Post by twincities on Nov 22, 2019 14:02:51 GMT
I did the same thing better to err on side of safety than to have a not so nice warning or? it seems todays world is getting more and more anti social on certain things it sure isn't the world most of us grew up in the
1940's -1960's !
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Post by ptc on Nov 22, 2019 14:06:22 GMT
Thanks Emile for your input as an attorney. You are indeed the most qualified member to answer this question. From what I have read about this, your advice is right on the mark.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2019 16:58:16 GMT
Thanks for the info Emile.
I will check my settings.
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Post by thebigcrabcake on Nov 22, 2019 21:55:10 GMT
Thanks Emile for your input as an attorney. You are indeed the most qualified member to answer this question. From what I have read about this, your advice is right on the mark. I plan to continue monitoring this issue. I believe the Federal Trade Commission should issue an advisory opinion. The available information is vague. The vast majority of YouTube Creators are just video hobbyist like us. We need clarity. COPPA is about data retention and that's something that YouTube is in the best position to control. I'm OK with a YouTube policy that works together with Creators as long as this doesn't turn into an attempt to pass the liability to Creators alone. I'd prefer to see a Safe Harbor program for YouTube videos. I'll report any news as it becomes available. Emile |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 24, 2019 3:08:16 GMT
I set my layout videos as Made For Kids and my real train videos as Not Made For Kids.
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