YouTube has announced a set of new features and policy updates on Wednesday about how children and teenagers use the platform, with a particular focus on parental control, age-appropriate content and simpler account management.
New limits on short-form viewing
One of the rel=”nofollow” href=”https://blog.youtube/news-and-events/updates-youtube-supervised-accounts-teens/” target=”_blank” class=”backlink” data-vars-page-type=”story” data-vars-link-type=”Manual” data-vars-anchor-text=”key changes”> key changes targets YouTube Shorts. Parents using supervised teen accounts will be able to set limits on how much time their children spend scrolling short-form videos. The company said parents will soon have the option to reduce this limit to zero, allowing Shorts to be switched off…

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