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Thanks for sharing. Mr. Biggs has his own Youtube channel and sits on the subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet. This is really good for Youtube creators. Having a member of the body that enacts the law explaining to the regulatory body the intent is very powerful.Have any of you read the public comment from Congressman Andy Biggs? It expresses many of the concerns most people have with COPPA. (Download the 2nd PDF from the link below).
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That is what I said in my comment to the FTC. Channels like WWE, NFL, NBA all attract huge audiences of children under 13 (even if it's just 10-20% of their total views), yet their content is clearly not child directed. Those users will all still be tracked. In the end this will probably reduce the number of children having a personal identifier by a small percentage. Children that are under 13 using YouTube main will likely still continue to use it and consume whatever content YT feeds them so in the end I don't see having much of an affect in terms of reducing the tracking of children for the purposes of advertising.This law in no way eliminates the tracking of minors so I am really confused of its point at all. If someone like DanTDM says he does not create videos with the intention of targeting kids, he then has all his comments, notifications, community posts and play lists active. Well that is great but now let's say 2 million kids under the age of 13 (which is quite possible based on his audience) watches his videos, that is 2 million kids under 13 that they will be tracking and because he claims his videos are not made directly for kids, it's all good then to track away at those minors? Now times that by all the huge YouTubers who have millions and millions of viewers who are probably under the age of 13 and what exactly is this law protecting when it comes to tracking? Absolutely nothing! Kids under 13 will still be tracked in the millions, just not on certain videos. This law is only hurting creators who are creating kids content while YouTube will still be tracking kids under 13 in high numbers. There will still be millions of kids under the age of 13 commenting on videos not made directly for kids. They will still be getting all their notifications from their favorite gaming or reaction channels or whatever other popular channels they watch who will claim their content is not made with the intention of targeting kids. Remember, the law says it does not matter if your audience has kids watching as long as you are not creating your content strictly targeting them.
Did anyone think of this logically and how they are not actually accomplishing the exact thing they are trying to accomplish?
^^^^^ The elephant in the room @ YouTube that Susan probably thinks the FTC is too dumb to understand ^^^^^This law in no way eliminates the tracking of minors so I am really confused of its point at all. If someone like DanTDM says he does not create videos with the intention of targeting kids, he then has all his comments, notifications, community posts and play lists active. Well that is great but now let's say 2 million kids under the age of 13 (which is quite possible based on his audience) watches his videos, that is 2 million kids under 13 that they will be tracking and because he claims his videos are not made directly for kids, it's all good then to track away at those minors? Now times that by all the huge YouTubers who have millions and millions of viewers who are probably under the age of 13 and what exactly is this law protecting when it comes to tracking? Absolutely nothing! Kids under 13 will still be tracked in the millions, just not on certain videos. This law is only hurting creators who are creating kids content while YouTube will still be tracking kids under 13 in high numbers. There will still be millions of kids under the age of 13 commenting on videos not made directly for kids. They will still be getting all their notifications from their favorite gaming or reaction channels or whatever other popular channels they watch who will claim their content is not made with the intention of targeting kids. Remember, the law says it does not matter if your audience has kids watching as long as you are not creating your content strictly targeting them.
Did anyone think of this logically and how they are not actually accomplishing the exact thing they are trying to accomplish?
You are 100% right and we have already mentioned this. The majority of youtube viewers are kids. I love the idiots that say hey Youtube anlaytics says all of my viewers are over 13 so I'm good. Well that's because you can't create an account under 13 and kids watch on the parent account. Youtube has been experimenting with the algorithm to keep kid viewers ads by exposing them to mixed audience categories and educational channels. They have decided to abandon dedicated kids content. I can't imagine the feeling for creators that rely on this. Although we made a lot over the years, I never even thought of doing it full time.This law in no way eliminates the tracking of minors so I am really confused of its point at all. If someone like DanTDM says he does not create videos with the intention of targeting kids, he then has all his comments, notifications, community posts and play lists active. Well that is great but now let's say 2 million kids under the age of 13 (which is quite possible based on his audience) watches his videos, that is 2 million kids under 13 that they will be tracking and because he claims his videos are not made directly for kids, it's all good then to track away at those minors? Now times that by all the huge YouTubers who have millions and millions of viewers who are probably under the age of 13 and what exactly is this law protecting when it comes to tracking? Absolutely nothing! Kids under 13 will still be tracked in the millions, just not on certain videos. This law is only hurting creators who are creating kids content while YouTube will still be tracking kids under 13 in high numbers. There will still be millions of kids under the age of 13 commenting on videos not made directly for kids. They will still be getting all their notifications from their favorite gaming or reaction channels or whatever other popular channels they watch who will claim their content is not made with the intention of targeting kids. Remember, the law says it does not matter if your audience has kids watching as long as you are not creating your content strictly targeting them.
Did anyone think of this logically and how they are not actually accomplishing the exact thing they are trying to accomplish?