YouTube:
Privacy Guide

What is YouTube? YouTube is a video sharing service where users can watch, like, share, comment and upload their own videos.

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Although its user base ranges from young to old, YouTube is particularly popular among younger people who prefer the variety of content, interactive components, and instant gratification of YouTube video content over traditional television. Many use it for entertainment purposes, for learning how to do something (tutorials), for keeping up with their favorite artists' latest music videos, and more.

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YouTube has been widely criticized. Criticism of YouTube includes the website being used to facilitate the spread of misinformation, copyright issues, routine violations of its users' privacy, enabling censorship, and endangering child safety and wellbeing.

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Reclusion's Privacy Suggestions:

• Manage Account Settings

• Ads & Tracking

• YouTube & Kids

Reclusion's Privacy Suggestions

Manage Account Settings

• How do I view, clear, or pause watch history?

• Does YouTube offer two-factor authentication?

• Can I remove video or content featuring myself that I didn't give permission?

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Ads & Tracking

• Can you browse and watch YouTube in incognito mode?

• How can I control the ads I see on YouTube?

• Where can I find out how stop sharing my location data?

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YouTube & Kids

• What parental restrictions can I place on my child's account?

• How do I manage what music videos or content my child can view?

• I want to protect my child from advertisement content - how can I do this?

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