Thread:Gawains/@comment-37829085-20191112182508/@comment-31322722-20191117223822

Popstar792 wrote: Uh, if youre talking about the new ToU, you've got it all wrong. The only thing being changed is the fact that they're going to be more compliant with COPPA laws, meaning users who make kid-friendly content will need to keep their videos in the kid friendly category, and ads, comments, community feed, and more social features will be blocked for kids under 13.

As for non-kid friendly content, they will not need to mark their videos as for kids, and their content will remain as is, with all social features being enabled. You’re forgetting that ftc officers will have to screen videos, and if they think your video is targeted towards children, you will be fined a mass amount of money per video. There’s no way around it. So channels that like talking about stuff that would conventionally be for children are kind of in jeopardy because their entire career will be gone. No ads means no ad revenue. No likes/dislikes/comments means less engagement which means their content will be under-presented thanks to the algorithm. Even if you label your video as “not for kids”, it may get labeled otherwise if it features stuff like cartoons or toys, even though there are adult cartoons, cartoon reviewers, and toy collectors.