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Correct me if I'm wrong but what happens if I mark my whole channel as kid friendly? Will I be fined if the FTC finds a video they think isn't kid friendly? The only thing the FTC chairman said was the fines would be if they found a video to be kid friendly when you marked it as not for kids doesn't mention the other way around. I don't curse in my videos and make good clean comedy.
Here is the issue guys. It has nothing to do with WHY you made the video or WHO your target audience is. The rule applies to all content that is "Attractive or Appealing" to kids up to the age of 13 years old. The only question you have to ask yourself is,As I understand it. The fine is for making videos that target children but are marked as not targeting children.
wether it’s acceptable for children isn’t what the fine is for...
so if you mark them as targeting children you avoid the risk of fine (as I understand it) however there will be other consequences: fewer ads, no comments, no end screen links, YouTube won’t recommend your video.
"Will kids up to the age of 13 be attracted to my video (content)?"
If the answer to the above question is, YES!, then you had better mark that video as kid's content. This is not something you want to mess with guys. A single mistake can cost you a $42,530 fine per video. There is no video that makes enough money to make it worth taking a risk of that kind of fine to keep it marked as "Not for kids".
But there is a another problem. Marking videos as For Kids, that is not for kids, could also get you in trouble. Here is why. If you mark a video that is not for kids, as being for kids, YT will now start recommending that video on YouTube kids. So kids will start seeing it in their suggested videos. If that video contains "Objectionable Content" parents are going to be infuriated that this kind of content is on YouTube Kids, and report your channel. This could get your video banned, and if it happens enough, your channel deleted.
Guys, there are no CLEAR answers as to what to do. Not even lawyers can help you with this one because nothing is clear about anything. It's a "You're screwed if you do, and you're screwed if you don't" situation. The best you can do is try to just be honest with yourself and do your best.
At the end of the day, the only people that are serious danger are channels that make "Family Friendly" content. People that make mature content and those that make kids content have a clear path to follow, but people that make Family Friendly content are really screwed here, and YouTube has become a very dangerous place for them.