YouTube Cracking Down on Supposedly Family-Friendly Content That Isn't

YouTube is addressing video content that tries to pass as family friendly "but clearly is not," including tougher application of its community guidelines and using machine learning technology and automated tools to more quickly find video needing human review, Vice President-Product Management Johanna Wright blogged Wednesday. She said in the past week it terminated more than 50 channels and removed thousands of videos that were deemed endangering to children. She said since the company in June announced it would remove ads from content depicting family entertainment characters engaged in violent, offensive or otherwise inappropriate behavior, it has removed 3 million videos and ads from another 500,000 videos. She said starting last week it will turn off all comments on videos of minors where it sees inappropriate sexual or predatory comments. And she said YouTube created a platform for family-friendly content -- YouTube Kids -- and plans to put out a guide on how creators can make family content for the app.