YouTube Is Making A Big Change For Live Streaming From Kids Accounts

YouTube live streaming rules are changing and the platform is doing this for the safety of the youth. The company is basically increasing the age limit for people who can live stream and the new changes come into effect from July 22, 2025 onwards. The platform is worried about the nature of the live streams and how kids can become serious targets through various means, requiring them to have adult supervision or control of some sorts.

YouTube has allowed kids under the age of 13 years to access the feature but this is being increased to 16 years or older from July this year. 

Taking Care Of Kids 

Increasing the age limit for live streams on YouTube is the right call and much needed. The authorities have been worried about the ease with which kids are able to access these tools and the lack of supervision leaves them vulnerable to bad actors. YouTube is also making sure that people are not able to bypass these strict rules and will punish the users who violate the new norms. 

The company warns that users below the age of 16 and using the live stream feature without support of an adult will face issues like tools are blocked and possibly accounts temporarily revoked. Further violations will eventually get their YouTube account terminated. YouTube users between 13 and 15 years will be under the radar and it is trying to keep the content hygiene without adopting unfriendly policies.

Having said that, YouTube is not completely blocking them from starting a live stream, it just wants the accounts run by under 16 year-olds to need an adult managing their channel as an editor, manager or even the main owner.

The platform is adamant the need for an adult is not just a formality and it needs them to be visibly present and in fact even be a big part of the live streams. 

It is high time that YouTube brings stronger rules to avoid serious mishaps on the platform and kids become easy prey for such attacks. 

Reports earlier this month say YouTube videos are helping Google train its Veo 3 video AI model and it is being used with over 20 billion videos that the platform hosts from across users and creators.

Google has even confirmed these practices in the report, but claims it only uses a subset of videos and honours its terms and deals with creators and other communities.