YouTube is rolling out additional parental controls, including a way to set deadlines to view Shorts on teenage accounts. In the near future, parents and guardians will be able to set the Shorts timer to zero on supervised accounts. “This is an industry-first feature that gives parents firm control over the amount of short-form content their kids watch,” said Jennifer Flannery O’Connor, vice president of product management at YouTube. wrote in a blog post. Along with this, take a break And bedtime Reminders are now enabled by default for users aged 13-17.
The platform also brings new principlesin which he will recommend videos to teenagers that are more age-appropriate and more “enriching”. For example, YouTube will more often offer them videos such as Khan Academy, CrashCourse and TED-Ed. She claimed to have developed these principles (and a guide for creators to make teen-friendly videos) with help from its Youth Advisory Board, the Center for Scholars and Storytellers at UCLA, the American Psychological Association, the Digital Wellness Lab at Boston Children’s Hospital, and other organizations.
Additionally, an updated signup process for child accounts will be available in the coming weeks. Child accounts are linked to parental accounts and do not have their own associated email address or password. YouTube says users will be able to switch between accounts in the mobile app with just a few clicks. “This makes it easier to ensure that everyone in the family gets the right viewing experience with content settings and recommendations for age-appropriate content they actually want to watch,” O’Connor wrote.
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