PBZ podría morir a fin de año y vos podes evitarlo (COPPA)
3,176LINKS para combatir a #COPPA:
https://www.change.org/p/youtubers-and-viewers-unite-against-ftc-regulation
https://www.regulations.gov/comment?D=FTC-2019-0054-0001
Modelo de carta:
To the FTC,
I am a regular YouTube user and have been for XX years. I am also an adult enthusiast of "pop culture", and that includes TOYS, CARTOONS, VIDEO GAMES AND COMIC BOOKS and ANIMATION IN GENERAL.
Your recent announcement is very troubling to me. This decision does not display accurate knowledge of this landscape and could result in the disenfranchisement of a large number of U.S. citizens and even people outside U.S (both content creators and viewers).
Many YouTube channels about pop culture are for the benefit of ADULTS and DO NOT TARGET CHILDREN with their content or commentary. While they may not be inappropriate for children to view, they do not cater to children and do not speak to children's interests in their videos.
A few of these channels include XXX, XXX, XXX, and many more. These are just examples.
Using “toys” or “comics” or “characters and themes” as benchmarks to identify kid-targeted content demonstrates great misunderstanding of modern culture and a massive overreach in society. This isn't 1989. It's 2019. Toys, comics, cartoons and games are catering more and more to adults rather than children in many genres.
The measure of “characters and themes” is also potentially damaging to the YouTube platform. For example, a YouTuber might be making a video about vintage Spider-Man comics that dealt with adult topica, but your benchmark wrongfully pegs it as kid's entertainment because it's Spider-Man.
Or, a YouTuber might be devoted to Star Wars news, a topic of interest to adult movie fans. However, if “Star Wars” is defined by the FTC as for kids only, it takes a VERY BROAD TOPIC and artificially narrows it to a tiny wedge that does not reflect the many actual audiences of Star Wars, destroying many channels devoted to Star Wars.
The FTC should allow parents to decide whether their kids will use YouTube Kids or YouTube’s main platform; not puish independent creators.
The FTC should not expand the scope of COPPA to child-attractive content as it pertains to content creators.
The FTC should put out an enforcement statement on how it intends to enforce COPPA against individual content creators.
The FTC should provide clarity on the rules defining what constitutes “directed to children,” as the definition is extremely vague in the creator context.
Roll back elements of the 2013 amendment as they pertain to content creators to preserve their ability to continue producing free, ad-supported content for the families who choose to consume our content on YouTube’s main site.
Shutting off personalized ads on creators’ content will cause more harm than good, especially for children. Quality family-friendly content will shrink, while more mature content will grow — yet kids will still be watching.
The FTC should not expand COPPA regulations for content creators. Broadening the definition of “child-directed” to include “child-attractive” would force many more creators to turn off personalized ads. As a result, even more quality content will dry up, and more mature and extreme content will fill the platform.
The free YouTube Kids app is a better solution than regulation targeting family-friendly creators. YouTube Kids removes privacy concerns around personalized ads. Parents buy devices and allow their children to watch YouTube Main. Many parents prefer to use YouTube Main because it has more features and less barriers.
Creators should not be punished when parents choose not to use YouTube Kids. COPPA is about putting parents in control of protecting their children’s personal information online. The FTC should not use COPPA to remove parents from the process in regulating content and online advertising.
While large corporations will survive these changes, small business creators face terminating employees, changing their business model, or shutting down production altogether. These regulations will particularly hurt young underserved audiences who participate in YouTube communities on topics like special needs, faith, and minority groups.
Limiting quality free content for kids expands the digital divide. Turning off personalized ads on kids’ content also encourages increased product placement and brand deals within kids’ content.
Creators face COPPA fines up to $42,530 per video, yet the regulation and definition of “child-directed” is vague. The FTC needs to provide creators with enforcement clarity.
After these channels you've targeted are gone, CHILDREN WILL STILL BE ON YouTube Main. What is the next step? Children like furry animals. They like dinosaurs. They watch hours and hours of cat and dinosaur videos on YouTube. But guess what – ADULTS LIKE THOSE THINGS TOO. Will the FTC begin a witch hunt to purge all cat and dinosaur videos from YouTube as well?
Thank you for reading this message.