From PC Mag: YouTube is killing the comment sections on most videos featuring minors.
In response to pedophiles abusing the function, the Google-owned service has been disabling comments on tens of millions of videos featuring children, and will be "broadening the action" in the coming months, YouTube said in a Thursday blog post.
YouTube is specifically targeting videos that feature minors who could be "at risk of attracting predatory behavior." It's making exceptions for a "small number of creators" on the platform, who agreed to police their comment sections.
"These channels will be required to actively moderate their comments, beyond just using our moderation tools, and demonstrate a low risk of predatory behavior," YouTube said. "We will work with them directly and our goal is to grow this number over time as our ability to catch violative comments continues to improve."
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