youtube kids
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YouTube’s Privacy Overhaul Will Hit Kid Channels Hard
From Tuesday, YouTube will begin changing how its ads function for certain videos following a landmark privacy ruling settled in September of 2019.
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Report: Parents Of Child YouTubers Worry Getting Pushed To YouTube Kids Will Make Them Less Money
Earlier this month, the Wall Street Journal reported that YouTube was considering some drastic measures in response to growing criticism over its impact on children—which has included everything from a federal investigation into whether it illegally tracked kids to controversies over disturbing content aimed at children and the site’s use by pedophiles.
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YouTube Basically Admits Algorithms Aren’t Such Good Babysitters After All
In its latest attempt to please anxious parents, YouTube is finally offering an option to (slightly) favour human moderators over algorithms in its app for kids. The YouTube Kids app now lets parents limit the selection of channels kids can watch to those that are human-curated. Along with some other changes, this should make it…
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Some Children’s Groups Really Don’t Like The YouTube Kids App
When the YouTube Kids app was announced six weeks ago, it seemed like a nice, safe way to ensconse your child in a fuzzy walled garden of Seasame Street and a certain friendly Tank Engine. But according to a complaint filed with the FTC today, it’s exposing kids to a “hyper-commercialised” environment with basically no…