Do you know much about YOuTube and all the videos and vlogs that are on there?
I know about Youtube in general. It was created by three former Paypal employees, Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim in 2005
My daughter keeps saying she wants a  YouTube channel of her own - not sure if I should let her.  Do you have any advice on that - she's 16.
Well, Youtube allows people to upload, view, rate, and share videos as wel las subscribe to others 'channels' so if she can make interesting content she should be fine. Also, she could become popular and get rich lol
LOL wouldn't that be nice!  But can predators contact her through it?
Sure, but they can do that through any medium. Snapchat, Facebook, etc. Youtube offers a wide variety of user generated videos. Not all are appropriate 
that is very true.  So many things to keep an eye on these days.  Does it cost anything to be a Youtuber?
to upload an unlimited number of videos and add comments to videos. Videos deemed potentially inappropriate are available only to registered users affirming themselves to be at least 18 years old.
YouTube and selected creators earn advertising revenue from Google AdSense, a program which targets ads according to site content and audience. The vast majority of its videos are free to view, but there are exceptions, including subscription-based premium channels, film rentals, as well as YouTube Music and YouTube Premium, subscription services respectively offering premium and ad-
YouTube
YouTube is an American video-sharing website headquartered in San Bruno, California. Three former PayPal employees—Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim—created the service in February 2005. Google bought the site in November 2006 for US$1.65 billion; YouTube now operates as one of Google's subsidiaries.
YouTube allows users to upload, view, rate, share, add to playlists, report, comment on videos, and subscribe to other users. It offers a wide variety of user-generated