YouTube is finally removing child exploitation videos

YouTube is making major changes after a wave of press exposed disturbing content targeted to kids on the video platform. 

The Google-owned company published a blog post on Wednesday detailing five ways they’re addressing the problems. These updates come a month after Mashable reporter Brian Koerber’s exposé on YouTube Kids, the company’s family-friendly app, showing disturbing videos like Disney characters using rifles. They also expand on product changes YouTube announced earlier this month. 

Koerber’s story was followed by a wave of press attention, including a New York Times feature and a BuzzFeed investigation published Wednesday that uncovered dozens of videos featuring child actors in uncomfortable and even abusive situations. Those videos have since been removed. But as BuzzFeed noted, YouTube had repeatedly failed to address user-submitted reports on these same issues.  Read more…

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