YouTube bans comments on videos of young children
, said in a blog post that over the next few months, it would suspend comments on videos of young minors – those 13 and younger – and older teenagers that may risk “attracting predatory behaviour”. The move is a response to the latest content-related crisis to confront YouTube: a video documenting how paedophiles have used comments on videos of children to guide other predators.
YouTube said last week that it had disabled comments on tens of millions of videos featuring children under 13. The company said it planned to alter its algorithm over the next several months to create a blanket policy. “Recently, there have been some deeply concerning incidents regarding child safety on YouTube,” Susan Wojcicki, company’s chief executive, wrote in a post on Twitter announcing the move. “Nothing is more important to us than ensuring the safety of young people on the platform.
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