Today we’re sharing several changes designed to better protect data on children’s content on YouTube. Starting in about four months:
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1. We will treat data from anyone watching children’s content on http://YouTube.com as coming from a child, regardless of the age of the user. This means we will only collect the data needed to support the operation of the service.
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2. Personalized ads will stop running on content made for kids.
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3. Features like comments and notifications will no longer be available on videos made for kids.
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4. Creators will have to identify content made for kids, and we’ll additionally find videos in this category using machine learning.
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What counts as content for kids? I'm guessing normal content that's also 'suitable' for kids doesn't mean it has to abide by these new rules? This is a weird grey area, please clarify
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This will affect videos that both creators & our systems identify as made for kids (ex: emphasis on kids characters, themes, or toys). More specifics: https://yt.be/help/pE5Q Creators will self designate bc you know your content & its target audience better than anyone.
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I own a cosplay channel How will I be affected ?
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