{"id":372436,"date":"2017-11-11T09:10:02","date_gmt":"2017-11-11T09:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=372436"},"modified":"2017-11-11T09:10:02","modified_gmt":"2017-11-11T09:10:02","slug":"youtube-to-restrict-disturbing-childrens-videos-if-flagged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/11\/youtube-to-restrict-disturbing-childrens-videos-if-flagged\/","title":{"rendered":"YouTube to restrict ‘disturbing’ children’s videos, if flagged"},"content":{"rendered":"
YouTube is to restrict the availability of videos showing children’s characters in violent or sexual scenes if they are reported by viewers.<\/p>\n
Last week, a blog post by writer James Bridle highlighted how YouTube was still being swamped by bizarre and indecent videos aimed at children.<\/p>\n
The site says it already stops such videos earning advertising revenue.<\/p>\n
YouTube said its team was “made up of parents who are committed to improving our apps and getting this right”.<\/p>\n
But critics say YouTube is not taking enough action by waiting for viewers to report inappropriate videos.<\/p>\n
‘Something’s wrong’<\/strong><\/p>\n The problem of video-makers using popular characters such as Peppa Pig in violent or sexual videos, to frighten children, has been\u00a0widely reported.<\/p>\n However,\u00a0Mr Bridle’s blog post\u00a0went deeper into what he called the rabbit hole of children’s content on YouTube.<\/p>\n He gave examples of videos aimed at children that were not necessarily violent or sexual but were sinister, “disturbing” or otherwise inappropriate.<\/p>\n Often it appeared that the videos had been algorithmically generated to capitalise on popular trends.<\/p>\n