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YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki’s Quarterly Letter Offers More Uncertainty for Creators
While mostly bad news, the letter does offer a slither of hope for edgier content creators.
New YouTube Rules Will Cut Some Creator Ad Revenue by Up to 90% in 2020
YouTube is making introducing these new rules in January 2020 as part of its settlement with the FTC over alleged COPPA violations.
YouTubers Popular With Kids to Face “Significant Business Impact”, Disabled Ads, Comments, and Notifications
The changes are likely to be far-reaching and impact gaming channels, family vlogging channels, and other major channel categories on YouTube.
Facebook Says Messenger Kids App Introducing Kids to Adult Strangers Was a Technical Error
The FTC is yet to make any comment on this particular case.
The FTC Is Investigating YouTube for Child Privacy Law Violations
YouTube is reportedly considering changing its algorithm and moving children’s content to the YouTube Kids app as a result of this FTC probe.
If You Delete Your Alexa Recordings, It Doesn’t Mean the Transcripts Are Deleted
The data is deleted from Amazon’s “main” Alexa hub but still remains elsewhere on Amazon’s servers.