YouTube announced Wednesday that it will allow tweens or young teens to open their accounts within guidelines set by their parents to restrict inappropriate content.
“We heard from parents and older children that tweens and teens have different needs, that our products did not fully meet,” said James Beser, YouTube’s director of child and family product management, adding that AFP news agency.
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“We’re announcing a new option for parents who have decided that their tweens and teens are ready to explore YouTube with a supervised account.”
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Beser said an early version of these accounts will be released in the coming months and will allow parents to use their google accounts to give their children access to YouTube with content and feature restrictions.
The service will have a “check” option for parental control settings in which videos will be deemed appropriate for children aged nine and over, for example, tutorials, game videos, music clips, educational content and news.
A second setting allows children to view videos that are suitable for people aged 13 and over and include live streams.
For most of the content on the platform, there will be a “YouTube majority” setting, which will block only age-restricted or sensitive content that is only suitable for adults.
A YouTube official said the new service is “designed for parents” who want to give their children access to the platform, but with “boundaries”.
“We will use a combination of user input, machine learning and human review to determine which videos are included,” Beser said.
“We know our systems will make mistakes and continue to grow over time. “