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YouTube ups minimum age for live streaming to boost child safety


A move under YouTube's safety guidelines for young creators.

Young content creators who are 16 or older can live stream with their chat enabled and without facing any takedowns (other than if you're flagged for copyright violations). (Image credit: Nicholas Sutrich / Android Central)YouTube started testing a new, community-focused feature for live streams that brought a leaderboard to fans. While it quite similar to Google Search's AI Overviews, YouTube's variant leans heavily on its clips, giving users the option to tap on them to view the full video.

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