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About the COPPA drama.
6 years ago
COPPA is not a new thing-- in fact, it was passed in 1998.
It is the "Children's Online Privacy Protection Act."
People must verify they are above 18 to do Xchildren below 13 require parental consent to give out information, yadda yadda, this is familiar ground.
The reason why COPPA is important is that YouTube was recently embroiled in a lawsuit with the Federal Trade Commission, because their website has targeted ads that can only be shown to minors if YouTube has collected information on them. So essentially, YouTube doesn't want to take the hit and is shifting liability to its creators instead; and ___that's___ what this new "marked for kids" sweep is for.
It is the "Children's Online Privacy Protection Act."
People must verify they are above 18 to do Xchildren below 13 require parental consent to give out information, yadda yadda, this is familiar ground.
The reason why COPPA is important is that YouTube was recently embroiled in a lawsuit with the Federal Trade Commission, because their website has targeted ads that can only be shown to minors if YouTube has collected information on them. So essentially, YouTube doesn't want to take the hit and is shifting liability to its creators instead; and ___that's___ what this new "marked for kids" sweep is for.
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the video can NOT be searched for.
It can not have targeted AD's.
If you mark a video Not for kids, An the FTC decides it is.
That's a $42,000 fine per video!
An the rules of what's a kids video is SO broad that anything can be labeled a kids video.
Any video with a cartoon character, Anything animated, any Gaming videos (even the mature games), Any video with bright flashy colors, Any video with animals, ect. ect. ect.