YouTube new ‘supervised’ mode will let parents restrict older kids’ video viewing

YouTube says supervised accounts will launch in beta in the coming months in more than 80 countries, including the US, available through a supervised Google Account. — Reuters

LOS ANGELES: YouTube is launching a PG version of the Internet’s biggest video service.

A new “supervised” YouTube account option, rolling out over the next few months, is aimed at parents who feel their tweens or teens have outgrown the walled-garden confines of the YouTube Kids app – but aren’t yet ready for the weird, wide world of unrestricted YouTube.