Will children still be allowed YouTube on the family TV with this new social media ban?

[HangingHeather]

Don’t get me wrong, I’m really pleased about this social media ban for under 16s.

But my DS is 7 and AUDHD, we have a YouTube account on the family TV which is in my name. He doesn’t have any access to these things on his own personal device. However we will allow him to watch YouTube on the main family TV because he enjoys watching things that are linked to his hyperfocus/interest at the time. As he cycles through each specific topic.

Will this still be allowed if we let him watch on the main family TV or will it be illegal to do so? It does keep him regulated and we are always present to keep an eye on what he’s accessing.

YouTube is social media and one of the worst things for kids especially the shorts.

Yes.

Is it YouTube Kids or the adults version?

They are banning contact with strangers in gaming apps though.

Worry about what? Why are you worried about this? What has put the idea in your head that watching Disney films isn’t ok?

Why does anyone think they won’t be allowed to put YouTube on in their own homes? (I suspect no one actual thinks this, they are just being contrary)

I do think banning YouTube is a bad move. Lots of parents are happy for kids to use it - music/crafts tutorials, various interests, educational content, etc. My kids watch guitar tutorials, coding lessons and travel videos. YouTube kids is not currently great for any of these things, as it's aimed at a younger age, and the content is so limited.

The fact is, most parents won't remove access to YouTube from their children, they will sign in using their own names, and then the kids will have unrestricted free reign. It would have been better to force YouTube to strengthen age filters, prevent uploads from children and prevent user to user communication.

You tube is one of the worst!

Hopefully - self indulgent shite

What do you mean Bluesky targets kids? None of the kids I talked to today use it.

You will probably be required to log in to a YouTube account that is age verified on the TV. I think a lot of parents will find it difficult to share accounts with their kids because YouTube will scan for watch history and determine the age of the user as being suddenly younger. This will trigger it to repeatedly ask for age verification and could possibly lead to YouTube banning your account if it believes it's being used by children.

Not to mention that your YouTube feed will be cluttered up with kids stuff and they will also be able to see the grown up stuff which isn't ideal.

There aren't many children on it but the site is full of people targeting children - and illegal imagery

This!
I can’t believe any responsible parent is fine and dandy with letting their child have unfettered access to you tube, never mind snap chat and the rest.
why on earth would any parent think it’s ok blows my mind. I have 3 teens - one is 17 so has social media now but the younger ones have none- and it’s not easy being the mean parent but it’s called stepping up and putting rules in to actually protect your child.
I can only assume that parents either a. Are naive to what videos are actually in you tube, including clips of 18 rated horror films, soft porn, real life extreme violence and basically the opinions and influence of adults that you have never met and do not trust.
or b: don’t give a shit about their child / can’t be bothered to stop them watching as it keeps them quiet and they don’t want them to ‘kick off’

There are no excuses whatsoever about letting kids use these apps unsupervised. You tube on the main tv with an adult watching as well is perfectly fine if they want to watch videos on crotchet or learn something. They do not need it to be on their own devices, on their own watching for hours. I honestly don’t understand how parents are refusing to properly protect their children.

The Bluesky agenda is bizzare today, did a bot start this and posters keep repeating it??

Bluesky is absolutely not the app that targets children the most, less than 5% of their users are children or teenagers. I would argue it’s closer to the bottom of the list of apps used by children, anyone who says otherwise clearly doesn’t know any teens!
By far the most used platforms for children are YouTube, TikTok, Snapchat and insta.

The list of platforms banned under the new policy have not been named, a handful of the most widely known platforms have been specifically mentioned to make it clear what the policy will involve.

No platform has been mentioned as being excluded other than things like WhatsApp which solely communication services not social media.

We use it quite a lot as a family for education and new knowledge. Anyway in my name it won't be an issue

My kids love YouTube and watch a lot of gaming stuff. They have been asking for their own YouTube channels since they were 9 and I have consistently told them not until they are adults irrespective of the 13 age limit. I am really pleased with the ban as makes my life easier and I can now avoid the "but x,y and z have it," arguments. Can't imagine anything worse than videos I made at 13 being available online forever.

I will probably still allow them to watch some educational stuff but hopefully all those irritating teen influencers/ brain rot channels will get banned.

Why would the site be full of people targeting children if there are hardly any children on it? That doesn't make any sense.

Doesn’t help parents do anything they couldn’t already do.

Imagine if we banned alcohol for teens, but only Heineken, Estrella and Guinness. Pretty quickly they will switch to the non-banned brands. That’s what I think will happen here.

It’s not currently popular but it will become popular if that’s the only one they have access to.

There’s nothing to suggest it isn’t being banned, that is made up, there’s nothing saying that whatsoever.

The content isn’t limited though, they can’t filter out everything and they still have the shorts.

I think the banning of YouTube is better for younger kids. 7 year olds aren’t going to be on TikTok but they are going to watch or want to watch YouTube.

I don’t think people realise what is on YouTube and the fact that you don’t need to go searching for it for it to appear. Even on kids YouTube.

Regarding shorts, on my daughter's supervised account I can restrict them or set controls for the time she can spend looking at them. Also can set bedtime hours and limit content. I am happy with this currently and it'll be a shame if this is removed.

Roblox already has age limits in place. If you are under 16 (and didn't lie when you signed up) you only have access to Roblox Select.

You’ve still no idea what she’s seeing in those shorts.