YouTube rules for posting "Made for Kids" content

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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) and the tools we are building to support you here.

The YouTube Team Posted by: George Ohan U.S. Army Veteran International Entrepreneur

Veterans proactive in leadership. Hollywood, CA - Film - Producer, George Ohan

I did not write this article, but I did like it when I saw it.  Please enjoy a very easy one page read.

Very Respectfully,

George Ohan

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Producer George Ohan leads the way with veterans in Hollywood.

I would like to take a few minutes to tell you a remarkable story of dedication and commitment and how producer George Ohan leads the way with Veterans in Hollywood. After 8 years of Active Duty service in the United States Army he returned home and went to film school so he could share his perspective and his voice on the things he’d seen in his Life and his global travels. He now finds himself in the midst of the Hollywood roller coaster ride. Not only is he a Veteran, he is the CEO of a production company, an accomplished producer, a graduate of the LA Film School and is The Alumni President of Veterans at the same.  He has made several short films, is currently working on an HBO series and has an endless sea of ideas for what I’m sure will be a long list of  projects to come in the future.

His movie “The Long Journey Home” (Director- John H. Wan) focuses on what it’s like to return back to America after service and the challenges that our troops face. This is a movie written by a civilian for the friends and families of Veterans to help spread the word about how difficult it can be for our soldiers to re-enter society after being away for so long.  Different family issues, separation, and PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) are just a few of the things that George sees on a daily basis in his work. He strives to really heighten the level of awareness on these issues and does more than his fair share to make a difference in the lives of those who risk their lives for our Freedom.

I expect to see many more great things from George Ohan in the future. He is also an expert in Sales and Marketing, Communication, Training and Team Development. I mean this guy is a Leader. He’s focused, committed, has the desire to make a difference and the persistence to Never Quit. Look for him on the big screen. And Make It A Great Day!

 

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email - gohan@lafilm.com

www.youtube.com/ohangeorge

www.twitter.com/fresno_famous

www.lafilm.edu

www.vetsonset.com

www.vftla.org