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Searching and Sharing Safely on Youtube Chapter 13 Searching and Sharing Safely on YouTube In This Chapter ▶ Creating a Google account ▶ Getting into YouTube ▶ Making your YouTube experience safer ▶ Using video filters ▶ Activating YouTube privacy settings ccording to YouTube, an hour of video is uploaded to YouTube each Asecond of the day, and more than 800 million unique users visit YouTube monthly. Additionally, more than 21 million teens are on YouTube. Users at this video-sharing website can find everything from their favorite song to how-to videos. With the ability to share and view YouTube videos via Facebook and Twitter, many families also use YouTube to share memorable moments with friends and family. Subsequently, YouTube posts millions of videos with content that may be enjoyable to children, from videos of favorite theme park rides to kid-friendly events to class science projects. Just as children turn to search engines to find information, many also turn to YouTube to learn about a topic or to check out the latest viral videos. Additionally, anyone with a YouTube account in good standing can upload video content to their account. Therefore, YouTube can be a fantastic creative outlet for budding filmmakers, musicians, and video bloggers. Taking the time to understand the benefits and potential pitfalls of YouTube will help you guide your children as viewers and content creators. Understanding YouTube’s filters and privacy settings can help you minimize (c) 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 210 Part III: Grasping Social Media’s Effect on Your Family encountering content that, by many parents’ standards, isn’t very suitable for children. For example, videos with violent content and inappropriate lan- guage are common. Despite YouTube regulations, videos with highly sexual content are also commonplace and can be difficult to avoid. Starting with a Google Account You don’t need a YouTube account to search and view videos. But, because YouTube is owned by Google, you need a (free) Google account before you can create a YouTube account. Benefits of creating a YouTube account include being able to create a personalized channel guide as well as being able to upload video content and access search filters. If you already have a Google account, simply go to www.youtube.com to sign in and begin customizing your experience. According to Google Terms of Service, account holders in the United States must be at least 13 years old. To grab a Google account 1. Go to https://accounts.google.com/SignUp (see Figure 13-1). 2. Provide Google with the following information: • First and last name • Selected username • Created password • Birthday • Gender • Current e-mail address • Country location 3. Complete a verification password. 4. Agree to the Google Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Google will ask you for a mobile phone number, but feel free to skip this field. You do need an e-mail account, though. (c) 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Chapter 13: Searching and Sharing Safely on YouTube 211 Figure 13-1: Creating a new Google Account. You can also personalize your public profile with a profile photo. Signing In to YouTube After creating your Google account, access YouTube by selecting YouTube from the Google navigation bar at the top of your screen. (See Figure 13-2.) Click the upper-right Sign-In button (see Figure 13-3), provide your Google e-mail address and password on the page that appears, and click Sign In. After you sign in to your YouTube account, you can subscribe to favorite channels, personalize your search settings, and upload content. A YouTube channel is simply a page containing all the videos uploaded by one YouTube account holder. YouTube will also suggest content based on past searches as well as the channels to which you subscribe. You can also opt to connect other social accounts to your YouTube account. Connecting social media accounts (such as Facebook) allows you to share your YouTube activity with Friends and followers. (c) 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 212 Part III: Grasping Social Media’s Effect on Your Family Figure 13-2: Select YouTube from the Google menu. Figure 13-3: Signing in to YouTube. (c) 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Chapter 13: Searching and Sharing Safely on YouTube 213 Now is also a good time to sit down with your teens and read the YouTube Community Guidelines found at www.youtube.com/t/community_guidelines Your teens have to agree to follow these content guidelines to upload content to YouTube. Copyright violations are prohibited on YouTube, so be sure to explain copyright basics. YouTube users are not allowed to upload content that they have not created or been given express permission to upload. This also means that teens may not use music in their videos that they did not create themselves or pay for permission to use. More information on YouTube copyright rules can be found at www.youtube.com/t/howto_copyright Customizing Your YouTube Settings for Safety One of the main reasons to create a YouTube channel is to gain access to customized settings, which determine the privacy level of your profile infor- mation and your YouTube channel’s content. These settings not only affect any videos uploaded by you or your teen to the account, but also affect the video searches conducted via that account. This provides you with the opportunity to filter what your children see when watching content on YouTube. YouTube settings should be a critical piece of your Digital Family Policy regarding video sharing. Editing your profile You can change your YouTube channel settings to edit what personal informa- tion about the channel’s content provider appears to the public when videos uploaded by that account are viewed. You can use this setting to keep the (c) 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 214 Part III: Grasping Social Media’s Effect on Your Family public from knowing that a channel is owned by a teenager, for example. By default, the age of the account holder appears on the channel while video posted on that channel is viewed. In fact, other YouTube users can see the age of an account holder even before that account holder has uploaded content. To edit these settings 1. Click the down arrow next to your account name (upper right) and then click the My Channel link below the YouTube heading. (See Figure 13-4.) 2. On the profile page that appears, click the Edit button to the right of your username. (See Figure 13-5.) 3. Under the Created By section, you can hide specific account holder information by clicking the Hide link next to that information (see Figure 13-6). 4. After you update your channel’s profile information, click Apply to accept the changes (or click Cancel if you change your mind). Figure 13-4: Changing your YouTube account settings. (c) 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Chapter 13: Searching and Sharing Safely on YouTube 215 Figure 13-5: Edit what personal information appears on your YouTube channel. Figure 13-6: You can hide personal information on your YouTube account. Selecting what actions to share YouTube account holders can connect their YouTube account to their Orkut, Facebook, and Twitter social media accounts. If you choose to connect your YouTube account to a social media site, updates regarding your YouTube activity are sent automatically to the social network. You will likely want to (c) 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 216 Part III: Grasping Social Media’s Effect on Your Family customize these settings to maintain privacy. If, on the other hand, you want to share your YouTube activity with social media contacts, these settings may provide useful to you. To connect your YouTube account and select the Sharing settings 1. Click the down arrow next to your account name (upper right) and then click the YouTube Settings link below the YouTube heading. (Refer to Figure 13-4.) 2. On the Account Settings page that appears, select Sharing in the left sidebar, as shown in Figure 13-7. 3. Click the Connect button next to the social media account you want linked to your YouTube account. 4. In the Share Your Activity section, select how YouTube shares your YouTube actions on YouTube and your connected accounts (such as Orkut, Twitter, and Facebook). Select the check boxes for the actions you want to share. Such actions include uploading a video, adding a video to a playlist, marking a video as a favorite, liking a video, commenting on a video, and subscribing to a channel. Figure 13-7: Customize social sharing of YouTube actions. (c) 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Chapter 13: Searching and Sharing Safely on YouTube 217 Some actions are selected by default already; deselect those actions that you don’t want to share via YouTube or a connected social media site. 5. After you finish your selections, click Save. When helping your teens select these settings, discuss factors such as how frequently they take each action on their YouTube account and how they use the other social media platforms. Will they be sharing YouTube actions with an audience of friends and family who may feel inundated by frequent updates? Is the YouTube account your child’s account, but the Facebook account is for the entire family? Answering these questions might help you form your Digital Family Policy. Protecting yourself with privacy settings Like other social networking sites, YouTube allows users to connect to other users through features such as comments and private messages. You may wish to create a YouTube account for your family or children to access personalization settings.
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