Note: This blog post is VERY serious.
COPPA has recently joined the management of the YouTube app and website. Because of this, this means that several features will have limited amounts of use, restrictions or unfortunately turned off. Here are a few rules to follow with this new change.
1. You need to choose an audience.
You must decide whether your channel and videos re marked for kids, general audiences or NOT made for kids. If its made for kids, this means you will no longer be able to write or reply comments on videos, use any info cards or end screens and not be able to add videos to saved later or playlists.
2. What happens if these videos are made for kids?
If you mark these videos as made for kids, then this means that they must include child actors, animated characters, educational songs/nursery rhymes, age-appropriate stories or any other toddler-appropriate content.
3. What happens if you made your video setting to general audiences?
As of right now, the only videos that can be allowed comments and end screens again are those set into the general audiences category which is intended for viewers age 13 and older.
However, YouTube accidentally put "marked for kids" on a few channels with content dedicated to all ages audiences. These include the Nickelodeon and Nick Jr channels, Sesame Street, PBS Kids, All That, SpongeBob SquarePants and the recently launched America's Most Musical Family and Henry Danger channels. I recently contacted YouTube two days ago and they told me that this was a minor glitch or conusion and they are trying to fix it as hard as they can and to keep their child audiences as safe as possible.
So anyways, those are just a few rules of YouTube's new COPPA restrictions. Please remember to use them wisely. Thank you for understanding.
Sincerely,
KYLE BULGER
creator of the Daily NOGGIN Blogger
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