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"Floppy Ears" Animation Meme

The government has been rolling out a terrible move that not many people outside of YouTube users have been talking about, and this is a VERY serious problem that needs EVERYONE'S attention. (This law affects ME and my future SPECIFICALLY.)

The FTC is making changes to the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), which is essentially making it illegal for independent creators to make money by creating content made for kids.

https://youtu.be/0veLrwd9CK4

YouTube has made it so if your video is marked "made for kids", there will be no targeted ads (no money), comments turned off, notifications turned off, and your video will not appear in search results. If you want to make videos for children (like I do), you can now expect to have to do it for free and have very little exposure.

And this doesn't just apply to videos that were intentionally made with kids in mind. It counts toward any videos that are deemed APPEALING to children. Arts and crafts, ALL animation, gaming videos, educational videos. Videos with catchy music, bright colors, fun looking thumbnails, or cartoon characters appearing anywhere in them.

Not a creator? Many if not all of your favorite youtubers will stop making content because they can't make a living off of it anymore.

Remember my video of the Five Nights at Freddy's music box that I made? My most viewed video of all time? It's been flagged automatically, despite the fact that FNAF is a horror game and NOT intended for kids.

And if you think you can escape to a new website or make a new one, think again. This is United States LAW. Not just YouTube.

I love love LOVE this idea! 

By Butch Hartman, the creator of Fairly Odd Parents: a family-friendly subscription based streaming service (reportedly only $8 or so) that will ALSO!!!! allow you to upload your OWN content!