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YouTube's including extra age gates to YouTube Youngsters -- this will have to pass smartly

YouTube simply printed it’s added new age classes to its YouTube Youngsters app, providing other movies relying on whether or not the kid is preschool or preteen. In principle, anyway — I’m now not certain I consider YouTube Youngsters, of all apps, as a way to make that more or less delicate differentiation. The brand new age classes, defined within the …
YouTube just revealed it’s added new age categories to its YouTube Kids app, offering different videos depending on whether the child is preschool or preteen. In theory, anyway — I’m not sure I trust YouTube Kids, of all apps, to be able to make that kind of subtle differentiation. The new age categories, outlined in the …

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