"YouTube is rolling out some additional parental controls, including a way to set time limits for viewing Shorts on teen 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 puts parents firmly in control of the amount of short-form content their kids watch," Jennifer Flannery O'Connor, YouTube's vice president of product management, wrote in a blog post."
"The platform is also bringing in new principles, under which it will recommend more age-appropriate and "enriching" videos to teens. For instance, YouTube will suggest videos from the likes of Khan Academy, CrashCourse and TED-Ed to them more often. It said it developed these principles (and a guide for creators to make teen-friendly videos) with help from its youth advisory committee, the Center for Scholars and Storytellers at UCLA, the American Psychological Association, the Digital Wellness Lab at Boston Children's Hospital and other organizations."
"Moreover, an updated sign-up process for kid accounts will be available in the coming weeks. Kid accounts are tied to parental ones, and don't have their own associated email address or a password. YouTube says users will be able to switch between accounts in the mobile app with just a few taps. "This makes it easier to ensure that everyone in the family is in the right viewing experience with the content settings and recommendations of age-appropriate content they actually want to watch," O'Connor wrote."
YouTube is adding parental controls that let parents set time limits for viewing Shorts on supervised teen accounts, including the ability to set the Shorts timer to zero. Take-a-break and bedtime reminders are enabled by default for users aged 13–17. The platform will recommend more age-appropriate and "enriching" videos to teens, surfacing content from sources such as Khan Academy, CrashCourse and TED-Ed more often. The new recommendation principles and a creator guide were developed with input from a youth advisory committee and organizations including UCLA's Center for Scholars and Storytellers, the American Psychological Association, and the Digital Wellness Lab at Boston Children's Hospital. An updated sign-up process for kid accounts will roll out soon; kid accounts will remain tied to parental accounts, have no separate email or password, and can be switched in the mobile app to ensure appropriate content settings and recommendations for each family member.
Read at Engadget
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