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- sprunkiisdead</blockquote>Thanks to the creation and excessive enforcement of [[COPPA]] (Children's Online Privacy Protection Act) on [[YouTube]], this period had also shown content created explicitly for mature audiences being automatically marked for kids against the wishes of the creator,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Amadeo |first=Ron |date=5 Jul 2022 |title=YouTube flags horror video as “for kids,” won’t let creator change rating |url=https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/07/youtube-flags-horror-video-as-for-kids-wont-let-creator-change-rating/ |access-date=8 Jun 2025 |work=Ars Technica |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250903022012/https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/07/youtube-flags-horror-video-as-for-kids-wont-let-creator-change-rating/ |archive-date=3 Sep 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=u/davidverner |date=5 Nov 2021 |title=Is this actually a thing, forcing videos to YouTube Kids because it's about a cartoon series? |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/youtube/comments/qnq6m0/is_this_actually_a_thing_forcing_videos_to/ |access-date=8 Jun 2025 |website=[[Reddit]] |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20211106015719/https://old.reddit.com/r/youtube/comments/qnq6m0/is_this_actually_a_thing_forcing_videos_to/ |archive-date=6 Nov 2021}}</ref> which harms the monetization of their content<ref>{{Cite news |last=nuckles87 |date=13 Jul 2023 |title=YouTube goes after Balena Productions' Sonic Animations, Marking Them "Made For Kids" |url=https://www.sonicstadium.org/news/fandom/youtube-goes-after-balena-productions-sonic-animations-marking-them-made-for-kids-r1145/ |access-date=8 Jun 2025 |work=Sonic Stadium |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250708172014/https://www.sonicstadium.org/news/fandom/youtube-goes-after-balena-productions-sonic-animations-marking-them-made-for-kids-r1145/ |archive-date=8 Jul 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=u/Muska327 |date=9 May 2022 |title=Looks like YouTube has it out for Sonic content now. |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/SonicTheHedgehog/comments/um99om/looks_like_youtube_has_it_out_for_sonic_content/ |access-date=8 Jun 2025 |website=[[Reddit]] |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20220510033602/https://old.reddit.com/r/SonicTheHedgehog/comments/um99om/looks_like_youtube_has_it_out_for_sonic_content/ |archive-date=10 May 2022}}</ref> and contributes to the harm of children.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Parker |first=Tom |date=9 Jan 2020 |title=YouTube COPPA changes result in videos with violence, gore, and strong language being labeled “made for kids” |url=https://reclaimthenet.org/youtube-coppa-changes-violent-videos-made-for-kids |access-date=8 Jun 2025 |work=Reclaim The Net |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251018114909/https://reclaimthenet.org/youtube-coppa-changes-violent-videos-made-for-kids |archive-date=18 Oct 2025}}</ref>  
- sprunkiisdead</blockquote>
 
Thanks to the creation and excessive enforcement of [[Children's Online Privacy Protection Act]] (COPPA) on [[YouTube]], this period had also shown content created explicitly for mature audiences being automatically marked for kids against the wishes of the creator,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Amadeo |first=Ron |date=5 Jul 2022 |title=YouTube flags horror video as “for kids,” won’t let creator change rating |url=https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/07/youtube-flags-horror-video-as-for-kids-wont-let-creator-change-rating/ |access-date=8 Jun 2025 |work=Ars Technica |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250903022012/https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/07/youtube-flags-horror-video-as-for-kids-wont-let-creator-change-rating/ |archive-date=3 Sep 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=u/davidverner |date=5 Nov 2021 |title=Is this actually a thing, forcing videos to YouTube Kids because it's about a cartoon series? |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/youtube/comments/qnq6m0/is_this_actually_a_thing_forcing_videos_to/ |access-date=8 Jun 2025 |website=[[Reddit]] |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20211106015719/https://old.reddit.com/r/youtube/comments/qnq6m0/is_this_actually_a_thing_forcing_videos_to/ |archive-date=6 Nov 2021}}</ref> which harms the monetization of their content<ref>{{Cite news |last=nuckles87 |date=13 Jul 2023 |title=YouTube goes after Balena Productions' Sonic Animations, Marking Them "Made For Kids" |url=https://www.sonicstadium.org/news/fandom/youtube-goes-after-balena-productions-sonic-animations-marking-them-made-for-kids-r1145/ |access-date=8 Jun 2025 |work=Sonic Stadium |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250708172014/https://www.sonicstadium.org/news/fandom/youtube-goes-after-balena-productions-sonic-animations-marking-them-made-for-kids-r1145/ |archive-date=8 Jul 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=u/Muska327 |date=9 May 2022 |title=Looks like YouTube has it out for Sonic content now. |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/SonicTheHedgehog/comments/um99om/looks_like_youtube_has_it_out_for_sonic_content/ |access-date=8 Jun 2025 |website=[[Reddit]] |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20220510033602/https://old.reddit.com/r/SonicTheHedgehog/comments/um99om/looks_like_youtube_has_it_out_for_sonic_content/ |archive-date=10 May 2022}}</ref> and contributes to the harm of children.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Parker |first=Tom |date=9 Jan 2020 |title=YouTube COPPA changes result in videos with violence, gore, and strong language being labeled “made for kids” |url=https://reclaimthenet.org/youtube-coppa-changes-violent-videos-made-for-kids |access-date=8 Jun 2025 |work=Reclaim The Net |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251018114909/https://reclaimthenet.org/youtube-coppa-changes-violent-videos-made-for-kids |archive-date=18 Oct 2025}}</ref>


==Version 3 - 'AIgate' (2023 - Present)==
==Version 3 - 'AIgate' (2023 - Present)==