Better protecting kids’ privacy on YouTube

Re:Better protecting kids’ privacy on YouTube by datguacdoh on Monday January 06, 2020 @07:37PM (#21975352)

I never understood this either. Why not go to a whitelisting model for channel owners and just start with large brands like PBS that have a vested interest in their reputation. You get the benefit of new videos from those channels and then slowly work through a backlog.

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Re:Better protecting kids’ privacy on YouTube by crdrost on Monday January 06, 2020 @08:00PM (#21975573)

Now that ads are blocked, what is the revenue model for YTKids videos?

I was about to suggest that content creators pay a nominal fee for the content to be reviewed but if creators have no way to monetize the platform, that proposal is bijective with suggesting that Google just shut down YTKids. Or are parents paying already for access to YTKids and the reviews would come out of that?

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Re:Better protecting kids’ privacy on YouTube by lilyball on Monday January 06, 2020 @08:33PM (#21975800)

The YT Kids app itself was never monetized to begin with. They only monetized viewing of kids videos on regular YouTube.

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