Playing it safe
A guide to safely navigating YouTube
Today’s kids love YouTube. Here’s how you can make sure they’re using it safely.
BRETT MOLINA enough for creators to make a living hosting their own YouTube channels. The service says the number of channels earning six figures is up 50 percent year over year.
But let’s get beyond the numbers. In large part, YouTube has changed how people, particularly younger viewers, consume video. If they want to watch something, they fire it up immediately. There’s no waiting for a specific day and time to watch. YouTube and other free video services have also made paying for traditional cable TV less appealing.
Why are your kids obsessed with YouTube? The easy answer is that it’s free. Although the company hosts YouTube Red, a subscription service for high-
It’s only 12 years old, yet YouTube is already the preferred video platform of the younger generation.
It was the birthplace of the viral video and has since morphed into a legitimate destination for entertainment and programming. Pretty much any kid who’s been around a smartphone or tablet has found something to watch on YouTube.
If you’re reading this on a computer or mobile device, odds are you know YouTube. So let’s dig in. YouTube has more than a billion users, which amounts to 1 in every 3 people who use the internet. In February, the site confirmed its users worldwide watch 1billion hours of videos every day. That’s See PLAY, Page 3D