Tag: YouTube
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YouTube Agrees to Pay $170 Million For Violations of The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act Rule
Today the FTC and the State of New York formally announced a $170 million settlement over YouTube’s violations of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act Rule. The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act was created in 2000, the law was amended in 2013 as mobile devices and social media became more prevalent and changed the way…
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Did You Know Cord Cutters News Has a YouTube Channel? Please Help Us Hit 100K Subscribers!
Cord Cutters News has a ton of new readers this month so we wanted to make sure you knew about our YouTube channel. Every week we post daily cord cutting updates, a weekly podcast, reviews, guides, and even live cord cutting Q&A’s on our YouTube channel. Right now we are trying to hit 90K subscribers…
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YouTube Will Pay Up to $200 Million for Violating Privacy Rules
Earlier, we shared news that YouTube had launched a separate website for YouTube Kids. In that post, we mentioned the FTC investigation looking into complaints that YouTube had collected children’s information without parental consent and used the information for targeted advertising. Politico has now reported that Google has agreed to pay between $150 and $200…
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YouTube Kids is Now on More Devices Through Its Own Website
YouTube Kids now has a separate website, as reported by TechCrunch. YouTube quietly made the announcement on August 29 with the following message: We built YouTube Kids to create a safer environment for kids to explore their interests and curiosity, while giving parents the tools to customize the experience for their kids. We continue to improve the…
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YouTube’s ‘Cobra Kai’ is Now Free For All to Watch
A few weeks ago Google announced that it is updating YouTube Premium its paid premium version of YouTube. As part of this change, YouTube Originals will now be free for all but Premium Members will get early access to YouTube Originals before they are posted for free online. Now today YouTube took the first step…
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Google is Updating YouTube Kids to Make it Safer & Launching a YouTube Kids Website
Over the last year, Google has been under attack for content on YouTube that targets kids but is not kid-friendly. Now Google has announced that it will be releasing a YouTube Kids website as a walled garden of kid-friendly content. In the past, you could also access YouTube kids by an app on a very…
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YouTube is Removing All ‘Violent’ & ‘Mature’ Videos Targeting Kids As it Expands Age-Restrictions
Recently Google announced an update to its content policy that says it will remove all violent and mature videos targeting kids. This means if the video is targeting younger minors and families but includes sexual themes, violence, obscene, or other mature themes not suitable for young audiences it will now be removed from YouTuBe. Here…
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YouTube is Suing Copyright Alleged Troll Over Extortion of Multiple YouTubers
YouTube is taking action against an alleged internet troll who has made false copyright strikes against YouTube creators in the Minecraft gaming genre. YouTube is using the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) in a lawsuit against Christopher Brady. The lawsuit alleges that Brady sent communication to YouTubers, including Kenzo and ObbyRaidz claiming that they were…
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YouTube Originals Will Soon Be Free For All As Google Makes Changes to YouTube Premium
Today Google announced that it is updating YouTube Premium its paid premium version of YouTube. As part of this change, YouTube Originals will now be free for all but Premium Members will get early access to YouTube Originals before they are posted for free online. “New YouTube Originals series, movies, and live events released after…
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YouTube is Making Changes to How it Handles Copyright Claims
Today YouTube announced a significant change to how it handles manual copyright claims. In the past, if a small part of a video included copyright material, the content owners could claim all revenues from the video. Many creators have felt that this was unfair as maybe some background music from a store only appeared in…