FTC COPPA CONCERNS for channel IMPORTANT (Patreon)
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Hi everyone and thanks again for your patience during this hard time! I have been editing a lot today, so expect Chernobyl, Breaking Bad and Barry Lyndon this weekend! We do plan on watching X-Men: Dark Phoenix as well! There has been a slight delay because of my cat and now this new scary law...
There is an alarming new law that will be taking place on January 1st, 2020 that will impact everyone on YouTube... and it is serious. I have been doing a lot of research on this the last couple days... our Patreon is safe and we plan on creating videos here as long as we have the support to financially do so... but for YouTube, there may be some major changes... one very time consuming one is I will need to change our titles to "AKIMA Reactions" or "STORM Reactions" since "FAMILY" is a 'kid friendly' word, I can be sued $42,500 per video. That's only a sliver of this entire insane law coming into effect. Everything that 'appeals to children'- bright colors, toys, cartoons, certain words like- cool, whatever, duh, etc will automatically be considered "Kid Friendly" content and if I label that video "Not for Kids" with things that appeal to kids, I can be fined each video... this is so out of control... even South Park videos are considered "Kid Friendly"... what's the point of labeling "NOT for KIDS" if the FTC is going to blindly enforce it back to "KID Friendly" when it clearly is not. What is the point of having YouTube kids? Also, any video that is labeled "KID FRIENDLY" by me, will automatically demonetize that video, there will be no notifications, no comments allowed and if there is one element that the FTC considers "NOT KID FRIENDLY" when there is clear KID content involved... you will be striked and sued... so either way, YouTubers are at major risk no matter what choice they select for their videos since it's up to the FTC in the end and we will suffer the consequences..
This is serious for all YouTubers and the FTC is being 'kind' enough to extend their deadline to hear us out on their website... Deadline is on December 9th, so please leave your comments about this on their site (and be civil because they will not listen to disrespect).
YouTube vids about COPPA: (the first one is entertaining and scary, LOL)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jK2t9V3XvmU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8y1KGIQ6KU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0veLrwd9CK4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7pn0gBTO9g
COMMENT to the FTC (in a civil manner) about why this is wrong:
https://www.regulations.gov/comment?D=FTC-2019-0054-0001
Again, we still plan on uploading here.. but this could result in most of our videos being taken off of YouTube and our 'Adult' videos are still at risk if just one FTC person deems it looks at all like "KID FRIENDLY" content... then fined $42,500 each video. Insane.
Thanks for reading! Many are starting to take this seriously. Some think this isn't major... but I have already been warned byYouTube to get a lawyer and they have posted a video about that as well. Boo!
Love you guys and I really hope they hear us all out! xoxo