YouTube has been shut down by a Boycott by advertisers in many Videos with children in the comment function. In order to prevent pedophiles exchange under the video.

The Internet video platform YouTube wants to shut down in most of the Videos with the commentary year’s function. The company announced after clients in the last week of advertising with the justification of the platform, had withdrawn, there was inappropriate comments to Videos with children.

YouTube began its already in the past week, the comment function in the millions of Videos with children, to switch off. The process will take several months.

advertising boycott is YouTube active

The children’s Videos offend most against the YouTube guidelines.

in Particular, the telecommunications giant AT&T and Epic Games had responded to the reports with an advertising boycott, according to which, pedophiles widespread comments to harmless Videos of children. The companies fear damage to an image if your commercials are switched in the Videos. Then, YouTube had become active. Only a few Minors-operated channels should continue to be able to comments, the content of which should be actively monitored, it said. In an official Blog article, YouTube was also to have a new automatic comment filter designed to mitigate the Problem.

Videos are not in breach of the guidelines

The recommendation algorithm of YouTube makes it easy for users to find Videos with your preferred content. The company has not been in the past, accused of not doing enough to protect its underage users. YouTube argued that, if the Videos do not violate the guidelines of the platform, you’ve got hardly a hand to block it. Many of the Videos, which are called pedophiles, and commented on, this is the case: an example of the sports are year videos.

the Federal government wants kids in the network to better protect 12.11.2018 Atlas |USA |San Francisco

From the archive