In the last few years YouTube introduced a Made For Kids classification for videos, which requires uploaders to state whether a given video is made for children, in which case certain features are disabled for those videos. YouTube cites the (American) COPPA legislation and data privacy as the reason for this change.
One of the features that a Made for Kids category disables is the ability to add those videos to a playlist. This has always confused me, as the data collection link to it isn't immediately apparent, and I imagine it's quite a significant pain for parents who want to create a playlist of lullabies for their kids, for example.
To compound this, the language of the Made for Kids option when uploading videos to YouTube is ambiguous enough to frequently be confused for a "family-friendly" option, resulting in uploaders often mistakenly marking their videos with the classification and limiting their functionality for general viewers as a result. This is especially the case in non-English markets, as evidenced by the many non-English videos I've seen marked as Made for Kids which were almost definitely intended to be general audience.
Therefore, given that the disabling of playlists on videos that are Made for Kids seems to hurt everyone and benefit no-one, what exactly is YouTube's logic for the necessity of doing so? Does COPPA actually require it, or is it a case of YouTube being overly cautious?
