YouTube Offers Owners Way To Age-Restrict Content

Earlier this year Google launched an app called YouTube Kids, which it describes as offering "popular children's programming, plus kid-friendly content from filmmakers, teachers, and creators all around the world." See About YouTube Kids. In addition to limiting data collection and interest-based advertising to comply with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, YouTube explains that it makes efforts to limit the content available to what is age-appropriate for "younger audiences" through "a mix of automated analysis, manual sampling, and input from our users to categorize and screen out videos and topics that may make parents nervous." However, they explain that this will not be completely effective, and concerned parents may want to disable the content search function in a parental settings section.