Children's Online Privacy Protection Act is a US federal law that has been in effect for a long time. But because the US Federal Trade Commission has expressed dissatisfaction in the way YouTube is making sure the law is obeyed on YouTube, the company has announced that the following changes will be effective of January 2020:
- Content creators will be obligated to inform YouTube if any video is for children.
- Videos for children can no longer have personalized ads on them, which may lead to lower ad revenue for some content creators.
- There will be no comments or likes/dislikes in videos for children, that is, no engagement.
YouTube uses machine learning to identify content for children and if a content creator has failed to appropriately tagged their content as children's content, that may lead to consequences on YouTube or even a $42,000 fine. Some of the biggest content creators on YouTube make gameplay videos YouTube's algorithms are likely to classify as children's content. The way YouTube is planning to go about enforcing COPPA, will kill engagement between them and their fans.
This is where a content creator having their content stored on a public blockchain as well as on some type of decentralized content delivery network as in case of binary files in Steem posts is golden. Even better is the fact that a content creator can have their network of followers and interactions with them be recorded on a permissionless and uncensorable blockchain. Even you agree on the necessity to protect children online, who knows what types of content legislators might go after next. Adult content creators are one example of a type of content creator whose business models could be seriously harmed by legislative overreach. And that's just one example.
Hello dear friend @markkujantunen.
So we are facing a case of excess legislation or something like that?
We cannot deny that some method should be implemented to protect children who surf the Internet helplessly. Youtube is a platform with great traffic, there is material for children and also many publications with sensitive content.
Can we say that with this new package of restrictions is something really being done to protect the mental health of children?
So what happens to the rest of the internet? If a child mistakenly Google a phrase that alludes to sex, he would be bombarded by tons of pornography that would immediately jump before his innocent eyes.
So these measures are not effective at all.
All best, Piotr.
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I agree. This isn't effective at all. But huts YouTube and that is an opportunity for Steem-based video hosting apps.
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Thanks for your prompt reply @markkujantunen
ps.
May I ask you for little favour? I'm not sure if I did ask you about it already or not (hope I'm not repeating myself).
Could you please check out also my recent post if you have few min and share your thoughts on questions related to concept of "introducing steem blockchain to businesses":
https://steemit.com/steemleo/@crypto.piotr/my-very-first-trip-to-switzerland-one-of-the-most-crypto-and-blockchain-friendly-place-on-the-planet-earth
Your feedback is always appreciated ;) And I will upvote most valuable comment with 100-200k SP coming from project.hope account.
Yours, Piotr
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