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• Will MrBeast’s sponsor disclosures (or lack thereof) get him in trouble with the FTC?
• Disney fined $10 million for failing to label YouTube videos as “made for kids”

  Like YouTube's, Disney's FTC settlement comes with more than a multimillion-dollar payment as penalty. Per the terms, it's required to form an Audience Designation Program that will manually review each video it publishes to YouTube and apply a 'made for kids' or 'not made for kids' label. That means no more channel-wide labeling.

  
• Senators Markey, Blackburn ask FTC to look into YouTube’s ad placements on children’s videos

  Senators Ed Markey and Marsha Blackburn are asking for an FTC investigation into YouTube's advertising practices on children's videos.

  
• YouTube Will Begin Letting Underage Users Onto Its Flagship Platform — With Parental Supervision

  YouTube is gradually opening up access to its flagship platform -- on a supervised basis -- to underage tweens and teen users whose parents feel they are ready to browse beyond the dedicated YouTube Kids app, which the video giant has expressly built for users 13 and under.

  
• Insights: Breakup Lawsuit Will Transform Facebook, Regardless Of Its Eventual Outcome
• YouTube Facing $3 Billion Class Action Suit In The U.K. Alleging Collection Of Underage User Data
• Children’s Content Studio Pocket.Watch Unveils Kid-Centric Ad Agency ‘Clock.Work’
• The FTC Wants To Hold Brands, Platforms Like YouTube Financially Liable For Improper #SponCon Disclosures
• YouTube Shares Insights Into How It Will Deploy $100 Million Kids Content Fund
• YouTube Disables More Product Features On Kid-Oriented Content After FTC Settlement
• YouTube Insists It Isn’t Changing “Right To Monetize” After Terms Of Service Update Sparks Backlash
• The FTC Releases New Guidelines (And Its First Creator-Friendly Brochure) For Influencers Who Post Sponsored Content