YouTube has announced a major improvement to parental control capabilities. Parents can now attach their accounts to the YouTube profile of their teenager. This feature is intended to give parents more insights into their children’s YouTube activities on the platform, such as uploads subscriptions and comments, while still keeping specific content details hidden. Parents will also receive email notifications for important events such as when their teen is live or uploads content.
Personalized Content Stays Intact
One noteworthy aspect is that despite the interconnected accounts, YouTube still suggests videos based on personalized activity for teenagers. Parents will not have the capacity to alter the age of their children via this feature——YouTube will carry on utilizing the age that was specified while setting up their account.
Besides tracking public activities, the new controls will inform parents about privacy settings changes. For instance, it will send out alerts when unspeakable videos get uploaded or private ones become public. This is part of a broader effort to give parents better oversight of their teen’s online media presence without knowing the specifics of their content interactions.
Part of a Broader Safety Initiative
This new move on YouTube’s part comes as more than one step to improve its parental controls following last year’s introduction of supervise accounts for 13-17 youngsters. As there is mounting regulatory pressure regarding underage use of social media, such as the recent allegations in Utah and Arkansas that kids are not allowed to access online services without their parents’ permission (remember to check if 13-year-olds need this before doing so), this latest step will likely serve as an important one in order for it meet upcoming requests.
YouTube may not be a traditional social media platform, but its user profiles, comment sections and ability to follow creators make it like other platforms in terms of its social functions. And these other major platforms have also introduced stronger parental controls.
This feature is being rolled out globally starting this week via the Family Center atop YouTube and Google’s Family Link app. In addition, by partnering with Common Sense Networks, YouTube provides parents with educational tools they can use to assist their teenagers make content that is responsible. With over 100 million active users on products geared for families like YouTube Kids, this update is set to benefit millions of families seeking safe passage into the digital world.
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