There seems to be a huge misunderstanding over what the COPPA rules are in relation to youtube.
The purpose of the rules are to protect viewing children, it has nothing to do with children appearing on the channel. To this day, in the US we have no laws protecting those children unless they've been declared as actors/employees. In particular, there is nothing to protect the used offspring of the channel owners. It's disgusting. *
From FTC.org:
Rule Summary: COPPA imposes certain requirements on operators of websites or online services directed to children under 13 years of age, and on operators of other websites or online services that have actual knowledge that they are collecting personal information online from a child under 13 years of age.
TTT can add Jackson to any logo they feel like, they could even make the logo him alone. As long as their intended audience is 13 and over (and it is) they'll have no issues... for now.
* Re: LLCs. Has Tim filed for an LLC? Where can I find this info? Tim should have filed for one years ago just to save himself from being sued if he trips over someone while staring at his camera.
While filing for an LLC has nothing to do with employees, and everything to do with liability, if he has done so it seems to coincide with TTT taking on the nanny. This is where it gets interesting... is the nanny an employee of the household, or of TTT? I'm curious if he will now be trying to declare Jenn and Jackson as employees of his channel so he can more legitimately write off their vacation expenses. If so, then Jackson should have the laws protecting child actors applying to him too. but only if he is declared as an actor for the channel.