WHAT'S THE CONTROVERSY OVER YOUTUBE'S CONTENT?
7 years, 1 month ago

WHAT'S THE CONTROVERSY OVER YOUTUBE'S CONTENT?

Daily Mail  

YouTube has been subject to various controversies since its creation in 2005. Child exploitation and inappropriate content By the end of last year YouTube said it had removed more than 50 user channels and has stopped running ads on more than 3.5 million videos since June. By the end of last year YouTube said it had removed more than 50 user channels and has stopped running ads on more than 3.5 million videos since June. One example is the wildly popular Toy Freaks YouTube channel featuring a single dad and his two daughters that was deleted last year. Issues with system for flagging inappropriate videos Another investigation in November found YouTube's system for reporting sexual comments had serious faults.

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Meta, Snapchat and TikTok opposes YouTube exemption from Australia’s ban on social media for children
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Meta, Snapchat and TikTok opposes YouTube exemption from Australia’s ban on social media for children

The Hindu  

Tech giants Facebook and Instagram owner Meta Platforms, Snapchat and TikTok have urged Australia to reconsider a decision to exempt Alphabet's YouTube from its laws banning social media for children younger than 16. But Meta said a young person with a YouTube account experiences the features outlined by the government to justify the ban, including algorithmic content recommendations, social interaction …

YouTube limiting repeated recommendations of ideal body standards and social aggression videos to teens
6 months, 3 weeks ago

YouTube limiting repeated recommendations of ideal body standards and social aggression videos to teens

The Hindu  

YouTube is rolling out more safeguards for teenagers across Europe and the world, in order to curb their repeated exposure to certain content categories that could affect their mental health if repeatedly shown to them, said the company in a blog post. “These categories include content that compares physical features and idealizes some types over others, idealizes specific fitness levels …

YouTube tries to stop young people falling into ‘rabbit holes’ and lets parents see what they are watching
6 months, 3 weeks ago

YouTube tries to stop young people falling into ‘rabbit holes’ and lets parents see what they are watching

The Independent  

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YouTube toughens policy on gun videos and youth; critics say proof will be in enforcement
9 months, 3 weeks ago

YouTube toughens policy on gun videos and youth; critics say proof will be in enforcement

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — YouTube is changing its policies about firearm videos in an effort to keep potentially dangerous content from reaching underage users. “Firearms are the number one cause of death for children and teens in America,” said Paul, whose group has long sought stronger age controls on online gun videos. Until YouTube takes real action to prevent videos about guns …

Facebook, Instagram, TikTok CEOs face tough questions on child safety online I Watch LIVE proceedings
1 year, 2 months ago

Facebook, Instagram, TikTok CEOs face tough questions on child safety online I Watch LIVE proceedings

India TV News  

California: The CEOs of top social media apps and video streaming platforms including Meta, TikTok, X and others are testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee about child exploitation on their platforms, as lawmakers, families and advocates are growing increasingly concerned about the effects of social media on young people’s lives. So independent regulation needs to step in.” Facebook to face …

YouTube updated its' harassment and cyberbullying policies for disturbing content | Know-why
1 year, 2 months ago

YouTube updated its' harassment and cyberbullying policies for disturbing content | Know-why

India TV News  

YouTube updated its' harassment and cyberbullying policies for disturbing content | Know-why YouTube has reportedly updated its harassment and cyberbullying policies to clamp down on such disturbing content on the platform. YouTube, a Google-owned video streaming platform has recently announced to crack down on artificial intelligence -driven content that 'realistically simulates' deceased minors and victims of deadly / well-documented major …

No child sexual abuse material on platform: YouTube
1 year, 5 months ago

No child sexual abuse material on platform: YouTube

The Hindu  

YouTube said on Monday that it did not detect any child sexual abuse materials on its platform nor evidence of such from the regulators. We are committed to work with all collaborators in the industry-wide fight to stop the spread of child sexual abuse material," the spokesperson added. Our child safety policy expressly prohibits “sexually explicit content featuring minors and …

Colleen Ballinger drama: Welcome to the internet – where everything is going wrong
1 year, 9 months ago

Colleen Ballinger drama: Welcome to the internet – where everything is going wrong

The Independent  

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YouTube’s recommendations send violent and graphic gun videos to 9-year-olds, study finds
1 year, 10 months ago

YouTube’s recommendations send violent and graphic gun videos to 9-year-olds, study finds

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — When researchers at a nonprofit that studies social media wanted to understand the connection between YouTube videos and gun violence, they set up accounts on the platform that mimicked the behavior of typical boys living in the U.S. The account that clicked on YouTube’s suggestions was soon flooded with graphic videos about school shootings, tactical gun training videos …

Fact checkers say YouTube lets its platform be ‘weaponized’
3 years, 2 months ago

Fact checkers say YouTube lets its platform be ‘weaponized’

Associated Press  

More than 80 fact checking organizations are calling on YouTube to address what they say is rampant misinformation on the platform. In a letter to CEO Susan Wojcicki published Wednesday, the groups say the Google-owned video platform is “one of the major conduits of online disinformation and misinformation worldwide.” YouTube’s efforts to address the problem, they say, are proving insufficient. …

An Open Letter to YouTube’s CEO From the World’s Fact-Checkers
3 years, 2 months ago

An Open Letter to YouTube’s CEO From the World’s Fact-Checkers

The Quint  

January 12, 2022 Ms. Susan Wojcicki, It’s been almost two years since the COVID-19 pandemic started. As an international network of fact-checking organizations, we monitor how lies spread online — and everyday, we see that YouTube is one of the major conduits of online disinformation and misinformation worldwide. And given that a large proportion of views on YouTube come from …

Parents, what are your kids watching on YouTube? Ads, study finds
4 years, 4 months ago

Parents, what are your kids watching on YouTube? Ads, study finds

Al Jazeera  

A new study finds that one in five YouTube videos watched by kids age eight and under contained ads that were not age-appropriate. Some 95 percent of videos aimed at children ages eight and younger on YouTube contain ads, and many of those are hawking products for a much older audience, including whiskey, lingerie and violent video games, according to …

YouTube to auto-block videos violating age restrictions
4 years, 6 months ago

YouTube to auto-block videos violating age restrictions

The Hindu  

YouTube on Tuesday said it will use machine learning to automatically restrict videos that are not appropriate for a section of its users. “Going forward, we will build on our approach of using machine learning to detect content for review, by developing and adapting our technology to help us automatically apply age-restrictions,” YouTube said in a blog post. Creators need …

YouTube recommendation of misinformation below 1%: Top executive
4 years, 8 months ago

YouTube recommendation of misinformation below 1%: Top executive

India TV News  

Under the scanner for its recommendation algorithms, a top YouTube executive on Friday said consumption of borderline content or harmful misinformation videos that comes from its recommendations is significantly below one per cent of content available on the platform. "We're constantly working to reduce this even further," Neal Mohan, Chief Product Officer, YouTube and Senior Vice President, Google, told reporters …

YouTube comes under criticism for 'demonetising queer content'
5 years, 5 months ago

YouTube comes under criticism for 'demonetising queer content'

The Independent  

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YouTube is still not doing enough to remove harmful comments from videos for kids: Report
5 years, 6 months ago

YouTube is still not doing enough to remove harmful comments from videos for kids: Report

Firstpost  

YouTube had promised to remove all predatory and harmful comments on content for kids. Earlier this year, YouTube promised to remove disturbing or harmful recommendations and comments from videos for and featuring kids. As per the report, YouTube has said that it has “suspended comments on hundreds of millions of videos featuring minors in risky situations”. The spokesperson further added …

AP Explains: How YouTube is changing what it shows kids
5 years, 6 months ago

AP Explains: How YouTube is changing what it shows kids

Associated Press  

YouTube is changing what it shows kids. The new business practices, along with $170 million in fines, settle allegations by the Federal Trade Commission and New York state that YouTube owner Google violated children’s online privacy by collecting personal data without parents’ permission. YouTube acknowledged Wednesday that “the likelihood of children watching without supervision has increased” since its founding because …

YouTube to comply with US FTC by reportedly removing targeted ads on child-centric videos
5 years, 7 months ago

YouTube to comply with US FTC by reportedly removing targeted ads on child-centric videos

Firstpost  

YouTube had been mulling over shifting all its children-related content away from the main platform. Most recently, it is being reported that the company is “finalising plans” to end ads on uploaded videos that children are quite likely to watch. As per Bloomberg, this move is quite likely being made to appease the FTC which has recently reached a settlement …

YouTube boosting ‘quality’ kids’ videos wreaked havoc on some channels
5 years, 7 months ago

YouTube boosting ‘quality’ kids’ videos wreaked havoc on some channels

LA Times  

YouTube policy bars children younger than 13 from using its main site and recommends children use its YouTube Kids app. In early July, YouTube made a significant change to its software to boost what it deems “quality” children’s content, sending waves of traffic to certain video producers and burying other channels. “Most of the time, we don’t even notice it,” …

Watching children: YouTube videos with minors get more clicks
5 years, 8 months ago

Watching children: YouTube videos with minors get more clicks

Al Jazeera  

Child advocates want YouTube to help prevent predators from getting to clips that may allow them to sexualise minors. YouTube videos featuring young children drew nearly triple the average viewership of other content, according to research released on Thursday, providing ammunition for child advocates who want Alphabet Inc. to take more aggressive steps to make its streaming service safer for …

YouTube’s Neal Mohan: ‘We’re always going to err on the side of protecting children’
5 years, 8 months ago

YouTube’s Neal Mohan: ‘We’re always going to err on the side of protecting children’

CNN  

Anaheim, California CNN Business — Kids play a huge role in YouTube’s success. “Nothing is more important than making sure that children are protected on our platform,” Neal Mohan, YouTube’s chief product officer, told CNN Business at VidCon. “We’re always going to err on the side of protecting children when it comes to any of these product or policy decisions …

YouTube bans hacking videos; content creators puzzled
5 years, 8 months ago

YouTube bans hacking videos; content creators puzzled

India TV News  

YouTube's recent policy update has added a list of "harmful or dangerous content", including the addition of "instructional hacking and phishing" videos to the list and the changes have left content creators puzzled, the media has reported. Also, read:Redmi 7A set to launch in India today: Expected price and specifications The video-sharing platform has been facing flak for building a …

Is YouTube Doing Enough To Stop Harassment Of LGBTQ Content Creators?
5 years, 9 months ago

Is YouTube Doing Enough To Stop Harassment Of LGBTQ Content Creators?

NPR  

Is YouTube Doing Enough To Stop Harassment Of LGBTQ Content Creators? Sponsor Message YouTube's support team initially replied to the thread on Tuesday, saying that although Crowder's videos were "clearly hurtful," he hadn't violated the company's policies against hate speech and harassment. But Maza says the issue isn't that someone is saying mean things; it's that others are being incited …

YouTube Keeps Having to Make Changes to Make Itself Safe for Kids
5 years, 9 months ago

YouTube Keeps Having to Make Changes to Make Itself Safe for Kids

Slate  

On Monday, YouTube announced a handful of policy changes that affect how younger minors use the platform. Children under 13 will no longer be able to livestream on YouTube without an adult clearly present in order to “limit the risk of exploitation.” The Google-owned company, which already bans younger children from having their own accounts, will also limit how the …

YouTube to delete thousands of accounts after it bans supremacists, conspiracy theorists and other ‘harmful’ users
5 years, 9 months ago

YouTube to delete thousands of accounts after it bans supremacists, conspiracy theorists and other ‘harmful’ users

The Independent  

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YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki says borderline videos are a big pain point on the platform
5 years, 11 months ago

YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki says borderline videos are a big pain point on the platform

Firstpost  

YouTube, which has 256 million users in India and is a video platform that everyone is trying to beat, is also a place which hosts a lot of problematic content. While one staffer called the condom challenge as dangerous, Wojcicki disagreed and had it taken down as she didn’t want the platform to promote “people putting any kind of plastic …

Young children can easily see disturbing content on YouTube despite age restrictions
6 years ago

Young children can easily see disturbing content on YouTube despite age restrictions

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. "Protecting kids and families is a top priority for us," YouTube said in response to questions about …

Banning comments won't fix YouTube's paedophile problem. Its algorithm is totally broken
6 years ago

Banning comments won't fix YouTube's paedophile problem. Its algorithm is totally broken

Wired  

YouTube / WIRED It has been a terrible few weeks for YouTube. Barraged by successive controversies around conspiracy theories, prank content and most recently the presence of paedophiles sharing comments directing fellow commenters to sexually suggestive sections of videos featuring children, the site has battled to keep its reputation intact. Its most recent reaction is to shut down the comments …

YouTube removes comments on videos featuring kids, introduces new comment classifier
6 years ago

YouTube removes comments on videos featuring kids, introduces new comment classifier

India TV News  

In order to improve child safety on YouTube, the company in the past week has disabled comments from millions of videos subjected to predatory behaviour. Also, read: Samsung announces three new smartphones under the Galaxy 'A' series YouTube has said that it will broaden its action to suspend comments on videos that feature young minors as well as videos that …

YouTube blocks comments on videos with child-related content, few creators spared for now
6 years ago

YouTube blocks comments on videos with child-related content, few creators spared for now

Firstpost  

YouTube is also working on a more effective classifier that will weed out the predatory comments. After being hounded by the media and parents for allowing harmful/disturbing/ predatory recommendations and comments on YouTube Kids videos, the world’s biggest video sharing platform has now taken steps to ensure things de-escalate. In a blog message addressed to content creators, YouTube explained that …

Parents, Here’s How to Make YouTube Kids Safer
6 years, 1 month ago

Parents, Here’s How to Make YouTube Kids Safer

Wired  

On Friday, a pediatrician and parenting blogger named Free N. Hess published a post about a series of disturbing videos she found on YouTube Kids, a stand-alone app that is supposed to make it “safer and simpler” for those under 13 to browse videos online. “We appreciate people drawing problematic content to our attention, and make it possible for anyone …

YouTube Kids is not safe for kids, is host to violent, disturbing content: Report
6 years, 1 month ago

YouTube Kids is not safe for kids, is host to violent, disturbing content: Report

Firstpost  

A clip that looks like an innocent cartoon, shows a man giving advice on how to properly slit a wrist. In a shocking revelation, YouTube Kids, the video app that curates select content for children is now being questioned on how safe the ‘child-friendly’ version of the online video platform really is for the little ones. As reported by The …

Home Office says tech firms must do more as YouTube scrambles to shut down paedophile network
6 years, 1 month ago

Home Office says tech firms must do more as YouTube scrambles to shut down paedophile network

Wired  

Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images The Home Office has demanded that technology companies “go further and faster” in their efforts to remove sexual abuse content in the wake of revelations that paedophiles were using YouTube to communicate, share videos and sexually harass children. Responding to WIRED’s investigation into child sexual abuse on YouTube, a Home Office spokesperson said it would be setting …

YouTube terminates over 400 channels after reports of child exploitation
6 years, 1 month ago

YouTube terminates over 400 channels after reports of child exploitation

India Today  

YouTube has terminated more than 400 channels and disabled comments on tens of millions of videos on its platform following reports that videos on its platform were being used for exploiting children. ".In the last 48 hours, beyond our normal protections we've disabled comments on tens of millions of videos, We've also terminated over 400 channels for the comments they …

YouTube turns 14: A look at the many instances when YouTube got things wrong
6 years, 1 month ago

YouTube turns 14: A look at the many instances when YouTube got things wrong

Firstpost  

The past 14 years haven’t exactly been easy for YouTube. YouTube cut its ties with Logan and removed him from YouTube Red’s original series “Foursome.” As if this wasn’t enough, Logan Paul allegedly tried to monetise his apology video as well. Following a crackdown on inappropriate content on its platform, YouTube started demonetising ad revenues on many content creators’ videos. …

YouTube removed 58 MILLION videos in the last quarter alone
6 years, 3 months ago

YouTube removed 58 MILLION videos in the last quarter alone

Daily Mail  

YouTube took down more than 58 million videos and 224 million comments during the third quarter based on violations of its policies. According to the video-streaming site, though, the vast majority of the content removed this quarter was spam, which accounted for nearly 80 percent of channel take-downs. During September, 90 percent of the nearly 10,400 videos removed for violent …

Groups Allege YouTube Is Violating Law That Protects Kids
6 years, 11 months ago

Groups Allege YouTube Is Violating Law That Protects Kids

Wired  

A coalition of more than 20 child-health, privacy, and consumer groups is asking the Federal Trade Commission to investigate whether YouTube is violating a federal law designed to protect children on the internet. The company could have moved popular children’s content like Peppa Pig or Sesame Street to YouTube Kids, says Golin, rather than leave videos where “kids are going …

Children's YouTube is still churning out blood, suicide and cannibalism
7 years ago

Children's YouTube is still churning out blood, suicide and cannibalism

Wired  

Video still of a reproduced version of Minnie Mouse, which appeared on the now-suspended Simple Fun channel Simple Fun / WIRED YouTube videos using child-oriented search terms are evading the company's attempts to control them. It could be viewed even with YouTube's family-friendly restricted mode enabled and existed, along with plenty of similarly distressing content, on Simple Fun, a channel …

YouTube is cracking down on videos that promote conspiracy theories
7 years ago

YouTube is cracking down on videos that promote conspiracy theories

Daily Mail  

YouTube is adopting a new strategy to counter the spread of conspiracy theories, fake news and other disinformation on its platform. Scroll down for video YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki announced at SXSW on Tuesday that the firm will be rolling out a new feature that displays 'information cues' alongside popular conspiracy theories 'People can still watch the videos but then …

YouTube's Content Moderation Has Become an Inconsistent Mess
55 years, 2 months ago

YouTube's Content Moderation Has Become an Inconsistent Mess

Wired  

After the mass shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida in February, far-right conspiracy site InfoWars published a series of videos on YouTube accusing survivor and activist David Hogg of being an actor. One But Not The Other YouTube's Community Guidelines don't explicitly prevent creators from uploading videos featuring conspiracy theories or misleading information. "The technology to moderate …

What do you tell your kids when a YouTube celebrity crosses the line?
7 years, 2 months ago

What do you tell your kids when a YouTube celebrity crosses the line?

Salon  

That's what we said when YouTube gamer PewDiePie was found to have racist and anti-Semitic videos. But what's clearly offensive to parents is a big gray area for kids — especially when it's one of their beloved YouTube celebs. The site's anything-goes attitude, stars who feel like personal friends, and — frankly — parents' disapproval only strengthen kids' connection to …

YouTube and Microsoft shun violent videos
7 years, 3 months ago

YouTube and Microsoft shun violent videos

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Two of the leading online service providers i.e. YouTube and Microsoft are trying to do their bit to clean up the online space by removing videos that could adversely affect young people. YouTube, one of the largest video sharing platforms in the world has been controversial for the accessibility of its videos to children and also the easy upload …

YouTube to hire 10,000 people to monitor and control violent content, as well as disturbing videos targeting children
7 years, 3 months ago

YouTube to hire 10,000 people to monitor and control violent content, as well as disturbing videos targeting children

Firstpost  

YouTube along with Facebook, Google and Twitter have come under scrutiny over the availability of terrorist material and propaganda on their platforms. YouTube will hire 10,000 people to monitor and control violent extremism on the popular video streaming platform, along with curbing content that endangers children. In an interview to The Daily Telegraph, Susan Wojcicki, Chief Executive of the Google-owned …

Major brands pull down ad campaigns from YouTube after appearing alongside inappropriate content
7 years, 4 months ago

Major brands pull down ad campaigns from YouTube after appearing alongside inappropriate content

Firstpost  

In response, a YouTube spokesman said: “There shouldn’t be any ads running on this content and we are working urgently to fix this”. Lidl, Cadbury maker Mondelez, Mars and other companies have pulled advertising from YouTube after the Times newspaper found the video sharing site was showing clips of scantily clad children alongside the ads of major brands. ”We have …

The creepy videos that put me off my children watching YouTube alone
7 years, 4 months ago

The creepy videos that put me off my children watching YouTube alone

ABC  

Spider-Man is sitting in an empty bathtub, squeezing large water balloons until they explode in slow motion. He'd started watching nursery rhyme videos on YouTube, but somehow, it set him on a path to discovering creepy videos starring off-brand Spider-Men, and to my shock, thousands of these videos exist. We try to limit our son's screen time to an hour …

YouTube is going to teach teens how to spot fake news by running workshops
7 years, 11 months ago

YouTube is going to teach teens how to spot fake news by running workshops

Wired  

Google has today launched a series of day-long workshops for 13 to 18-year-olds in the UK, as part of YouTube's 'Creators for Change' programme. The sessions come in the wake of recent backlash over YouTube's restricted mode, which some users claim censors videos with LGBTQ+ content, and the spread of misinformation online. YouTube's Internet Citizens programme hopes to teach young …

Here's The Problem With Using YouTube As A Babysitter For Your Kids
9 years, 10 months ago

Here's The Problem With Using YouTube As A Babysitter For Your Kids

Huff Post  

FILE - In this Friday, Oct. 21, 2011 file photo, Frankie Thevenot, 3, plays with an iPad in his bedroom at his home in Metairie, La. "Our new claims are really about deceptive practices," said Aaron Mackey, a graduate fellow at Georgetown University Law Center's Institute for Public Representation, citing Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act. The video …

Advocacy groups say YouTube Kids App contains explicit, profane videos
9 years, 10 months ago

Advocacy groups say YouTube Kids App contains explicit, profane videos

LA Times  

Google came under fire Tuesday after a string of children’s advocacy groups filed an update to their Federal Trade Commission complaint alleging the YouTube Kids App contains content that “would be extremely disturbing” and “potentially harmful” for young children. The updated complaint argues that the app has content that includes: “explicit sexual language presented amidst cartoon animation; videos that model …

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