 Oh, good. There's no smoke alarm in here. It's a metaphor for YouTubers We're about to go extinguished. I should have said extinct Damn that would have fit better with the theme. Oh I'm gonna need that yay another video about copper fantastic So this is a little bit different to the normal videos that I would be doing Just because the subject we're talking about isn't fun. It isn't dinosaur related But it needs to be done because if people with content creators like myself didn't chirp up about it We wouldn't nothing would change. So copper you've probably heard or seen a lot of content creators talk about it on Twitter or YouTube In fact, the first one that came to my attention Who brought it up was chatronic? So in this video, I'm gonna basic I'm gonna break down what copper is in layman's terms So that you understand it as much as I understand it And how that's gonna affect my channel probably everyone else on the platform and how we are going to from January 2020 How this may be affecting us and how my me myself I'm gonna go forward with the channel. So first off. What is copper copper stands for the child online privacy Protection Act? It's been a law for a long time. So this isn't just a recent thing However, it was supposed to be renewed in 2022 but due to protest groups wanting it to be Revaluated sooner. That's why it's happening in 2020 But to really understand why it exists. There's a lovely story about Facebook and YouTube So whenever you go on Facebook, for instance, you'll see adverts. You'll see videos You might not even see things that you're necessarily Liked or want to see Facebook has an algorithm like YouTube does that It's quite dark actually when you think about it They want you to stay on their page as long as possible So they find exactly like how your mouse moves What things you click on what things you watch so that when you're on Facebook you stay on there as long as possible Now YouTube has a similar thing now every time you watch a video they collect like data on your profile what you're watching and Unfortunately, they collected data on children I don't know exactly how they did it because to be on YouTube you have to have an account You have to say you're older than 13, but either way We know the kids watch YouTube and YouTube knows that kids watch YouTube And when they were collecting data on this they would package that data sell it off to advertisement agencies in this case Mattel has bro, and then they would take that information and target adverts towards Users that would be watching kids content basically going to the federal government And I'm sure depending on what where you are in the world your government might have similar laws against this This is why you can't advertise to children because children are under the law Cannot discern between what's real like what's fans what's fiction and what's reality So what's an advert and what's real when you see a Plane flying through all these different countries, and it looks amazing and it's not actually what a flight's like The child might see that as oh wow, that's real either way That's not the point and YouTube got fined from the federal government the US federal government for breaking copper Because they collected that data which they should not have so they were they settled I think for a hundred and seventy million dollars and then this Is where it gets a bit really frustrating now YouTube child directed content on their platform And they don't want that anymore basically the one end you have the the copper like child friendly coming in the other end You've got it's too graphic It's too gory and in the gray area in the middle is Because it is a gray area is where you can make content now and copper have put forth a Legislation saying what content you can create and what falls under targeted kids and what doesn't this legislation or this document Who is incredibly vague? But first I want to talk about what happens when you label your content created for kids And this is something everyone's gonna have to do who's a content creator online You have a little checkie box you can have your either your channel as Content creator for kids or not suitable for kids or you can do it by a video video by video basis Which is probably what the majority are gonna do if at all well They kind of have to so your video will have no notifications Your video will have no comments your video will not be searchable And this is coming from chatronic who spoke to a contact at YouTube the video will not be suggested or Recommended and the video will make 90% less revenue because it won't have targeted ads and that is where YouTube makes a lot of its money. They sell advertising slots to advertisers and this isn't going forward all those videos here and out No, this applies to previous videos. So if you're a channel like mine who has over 2,000 videos I'm gonna have to go through every video and check whether or not I think it's made for kids or not made for kids So you might be thinking well, why don't I just put all my content as not targeted to kids? Because why would you not do that because if you put it to kids You're gonna get no money and there's literally no point making content online unless for the love of it But if this is your job, you kind of need to have a balance because the FTC There's a conference and you can see the whole thing. I'll put a link in the description below And I'll probably put a snippet now they said we have a variety of tools at our disposal to call through those 23 million channels and in an expeditious way. So when we talk about aggressiveness We are typically talking about civil penalties. Not only can we sue Google and YouTube for compliance with COPPA, but also Individual channel owners and content creators, which means that even though YouTube is trying to facilitate you Marking your content whether the kids or not the kids the FTC have their own Algorithm and own system to check through all the videos that are put as not aimed for kids and Double-check it and supposedly if you are in breach of that they find they themselves not what you say They themselves find your content targeted to kids when you've put it not targeted to kids You will be fined up to $42,000 per video Yes, and if you want to contest it You will have to go to a court which is of course going to cost money to even do so if you win I'm assuming they will pay the fees But at the same time I've seen other responses of people saying that we as content creators shouldn't be scared of violating COPPA because We technically don't why not the ones gathering information on children. That's YouTube where this is true We are also uploading content to YouTube and if we do not mark our videos correctly Then that's when we face compliant issues and compliancy issues is the $42,000 fine So what does the FTC not YouTube think child content is? Let's have a look shall we and this is where we get into what has caused panic So they put a document out subject matter that is appealing to children and as an example kids jokes music kids games Video computer games. I love video computer games children's TV shows or stars cartoon characters sports stories toys children's books Fantasy children's arts and crafts pets products primarily purchased or consumed by children like snacks food or cereal pretty much Everything food sports Stories pets. This is just the tip of the iceberg Language so if slang and pop culture references, so stuff like fun free stuff whatever cool Duh games ask your parents stuff that for one you haven't said since the 90s. Oh, that's cool I say that all the time like it's not like I'm trying to target towards children And here in lies the problem that this legislation and the law really needs revising why it does They go into a little detail saying the age of models portrayed on the website using children as models So if you the one thing that I've taken from this is basically if you have a kid Presenting video games toys. Yeah, that's probably gonna be course. There's no way you can contest that because Having a child in your videos. You can't argue. It's aimed at adults and if you do It's not aimed at the right adults audio content appealing to children e.g. Simple or popular tunes or songs cartoon voices childlike noises and sound effects So as you can see This is horrendous It is so vague literally Anything that is on YouTube can be caught. There's people who make arts and crafts. They are worried because they take Children's toys change them or even just art and craft in general. That's something that kids do even in this document They mention about bright colors, which if you're if you're on YouTube, you know that you need to have Bright colors in order. I mean look if you look at the right or left wherever it is Look at that tab look at the suggested videos. How many of those videos have bright colors in them? Probably a lot of them. Well, how do they because it doesn't matter whether I say it doesn't matter whether YouTube thinks it it's up to the FTC whether they think that that is targeted to kids if it's cartoon characters Drawn in the thumbnail if it's an animation and and that's the problem We've got people from the FTC who don't understand the new popular culture They're still stuck their kids were you know from the 80s and 90s So that's that's not what they're all about whereas kids nowadays are completely different So where does this leave me in in this big mess? You've see you've probably seen youtubers who have said well, this is the end of my channel And I can't continue with this anymore. Is this the end of blubber insert channel name for clicks? It's probably what I've done as well. Let's come on. We've got to play this system and luckily Even though I do YouTube full-time I have my degree to fall back on the certain videos in the not too distant future that I was hoping To make but now I don't know if I can do so what what does this mean for this channel in particular? Because we covered dinosaurs we cover animals Kids like those things. So if I want to make a draca world the game video or a planet zoo video Is copper gonna claim those answer I don't know Scarefully, I don't know one ray of hope However, a couple of days ago Christine S. Wilson who is a commissioner at the FTC Has put out a post on Twitter and I quote I appreciate the input I've received via Twitter about copper and the hashtag YouTube matter I do hope that content creators will give the FTC their feedback in the context of our hashtag copper rulemaking Comments can be submitted throughout December 9th at the link below And I will put that in the link in the description of this very video So you guys and myself can have our words heard really urge you if you are going to comment or submit your views Do it in a way that's professional that doesn't slander or call out people Because they will instantly look at that and not take it seriously. They'll be oh these are just some internet memos Right trolls. Well, we'll ignore that comment. So if you really really do Appreciate the work that us as content creators or even you know the content that you want to see And you don't want to see that go away I'd urge you to leave a comment on that website or even in this video or hashtag copper It does seem like there are a few people at the FTC Searching through the hashtag looking at not only the content creators are making but generally Audiences are making and it hopefully looks like it's going to get revised or possibly even pushback that would be So so good I mean there was so much to talk about when it comes to this But I do not want to make a 50-minute video on this I think at this point you have understood the context of copper at the moment if it goes into Legislation in its current state. It is going to significantly affect Myself and everybody else on the platform at the moment. We've got to prepare for the worst. So What does this mean? For the gaming beaver. I mean right out the gate. There's certain things that are no longer going to be on the channel So for instance toy unboxings and I know there's a lot of channels on YouTube like Victoria's Cantina Sorry Jurassic collectible Ted Brothers, you know, these are channels that either unbox toys or do repaints And change like modify them But because when you boil down to it, it is a toy copper could see that or the FTC could see that and think this is a toy and Rightfully so it's a toy aimed at children, but it's being transformed into different content They might not see it that way though So going forward if it is still as vague when it goes into legislation, I can no longer do unboxings Which is a shame because we've had some really good ones and we've got you know Aquatic reptiles coming out or have even already come out this guy the toast plushie Amazing beautiful. I hear you say you've already got 20. You've already you've already made this video child-friendly now You realize that this is your fault. I don't know if I could argue that this isn't targeted towards children for instance Even though and that's a problem because the FTC don't understand that there are adult collectors of all sorts like amiibos Like vintage toys like, you know the Jurassic Park line and stuff like that like again I've said out of the sheer vagueness. I don't know if I could have Something like this or have it the subject of the video in there at all and it's driving a huge wedge Between the content creator and their audience if they have to certainly switch it up stuff like the aisle I think I could still keep going with I don't think like the aisle for one has gore in it Violence so I don't think that you can specifically say that that in particular is Targeted towards kids and the FTC is actually starting to make a discernible difference between content that is targeted specifically towards kids and Content that can catch that sort of range. I think they're starting to realize that now Jurassic World the life has now added The goat that you feed to your dinosaurs is gets ripped apart now. So that's good. I'm glad for that They're actually helping But generally and I know a lot of people think that I've censored myself And if you go on my bro gaming channel where I play with my friends, I swear a lot But that's not because that's who I am That's just I don't know what I'm like with those guys when I'm recording here And I'm having fun playing Planet Zoo or playing another game. I'm not all of a sudden gonna start swearing because Why would I am having fun and when it comes to games like Minecraft? I have no idea I have been on YouTube for eight or nine years creating all sorts of content animations sketches toy unboxings let's plays and YouTube has been a place that has allowed me to grow to meet so many amazing people and Learn that for me anyway that there is a community No matter who you are what you're interested in. It's let me grow. It's let me accept That I am a dinosaur nerd and that that's okay. I used to struggle with social anxiety and Through YouTube opportunities that I've been given because of that. I've been able to come out my shell I've become so much happier with who I am and now to think that everything that It's happened and the opportunities and the reasons why those things have happened is going to be taken away Because I can't do the things I enjoy anymore because dinosaurs have a huge overlap with children or Animals for instance and that if I want to cover dinosaurs or animals in the future Maybe I need to join. You know, I need to make Documentaries or I need to I need to be the next David Attenborough in order to do it This is impossible. You cannot replace David Attenborough. If anything is to come of this video I just want to raise awareness Of copper so that you guys maybe who didn't know what it was now do you again? You can have your say you can find all links in description below and even though for me I don't feel like it's gonna particularly impact me too hard for a lot of other people This who just do the unboxings That's it's the end for their YouTube revenue or They will have to change what they do goes against everything that YouTube is a place where you can Have a passion and turn that into a career And it's a shame that we're gonna lose that in closing if you see very bad might be changed If it is not from January onwards content may change some things that you like may not be there anymore And that's pretty much it. I just want to make sure that you guys so I've got a gist of it And that's it. So I will keep on doing what I'm doing If anything Outstanding happens, maybe we'll do a follow-up video on that but yeah, I just want to say if anybody is worried about me I Will try not to go anywhere. I really will but it is out of my hands It's not even a YouTube thing which is to be fair it started because of them This is a law this isn't just oh, you know We can't avoid that and with the threat of having forty two thousand dollars per video You know thrust upon you and I have two point five thousand videos. We're almost talking a billion I could be like if every video fell under that category. I could be sued for a billion dollars then I don't know I don't have a billion dollars. Would you believe but yeah, we'll see how it goes It's a scary situation everybody who's on YouTube who is making a living off YouTube will be feeling this stress about it and they all deserve and your support and Encouragement and if you can share this And talk about it. I think that's the most important thing you can do is talk about it Get the conversation going get the conversation flowing and maybe we can act some change on this good news It does seem like they're actually listening to that conversation So hopefully it won't be as bad and videos that are affected by this really are the elsa ones are the pepper pig ones Not the people who work hard who don't specifically target children and that's the problem You take all that content away and say okay be mature Kids are gonna watch it anyway and there's gonna be an influx of content that kids really shouldn't be watching swearing and maybe more violent games or something like that and Really it was down to people just want to be themselves, but anyway guys. Thanks for listening and I'll see you in a better video. Bye. Bye