[Skye is on fire]

Hey everyone!  Some recent events have come up with YouTube.  The Fed-FTC went after YT and YT lost.  Because of that, YT is paying a huge settlement (which is a drop in the bucket) however, in this settlement leaves it's content creators fully liable and leave us open for a full audit by the FTC of our videos.  If they deem the content in violation of COPPA (child protection law) laws, we can be find $42,000 per video as well as be sued and shut down.  From what I've read, the criteria to determine what is child oriented or directed towards children is so vague that you are basically playing Russian roulette with the laws.  I'm waiting to see if there are any clarification in the way things will be implemented by Jan 2020.  If it's as bad as things seem, YT is forever changed and I will no longer have my channel that I've built in the last 4 years.  Worst yet, there are thousands and thousands of folks whose livelihood will literally be lost because of this. If you want details, just go on YouTube and put in the search terms coppa and youtube.  It's a huge deal right now.  

Thanks everyone who's interacted with me on my channel.