YouTube says it will crack down on bizarre videos targeting children

Re:YouTube says it will crack down on bizarre videos targeti... by gipp on Friday November 10, 2017 @10:23AM (#15670430)

2 weeks ago: https://www.polygon.com/2017/10/27/16556980/youtube-demoneti...

People also need to realize that the alternative is massive amounts of ad dollars simply being removed from YouTube altogether. The demonetization drive came from advertisers' outrage over the lack of control over where their ads appear. Without the demonetization push, they start pulling out en masse and everyone loses out.

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Re:YouTube says it will crack down on bizarre videos targeti... by falcolas on Friday November 10, 2017 @10:35AM (#15670501)

Ooooor, Google could pony up and have a human look at AI flagged demonitized videos (or even just those whose appeals are consistently succeeding) instead of their usual "kill them all and let God, err, appeals sort them out" routine.

They're effectively sacrificing an entire genre (Gaming) at the alter of advertisers. A great way to lose the very content that brings advertisers and viewers to the platform in the first place.

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Re:YouTube says it will crack down on bizarre videos targeti... by pixl97 on Friday November 10, 2017 @03:46PM (#15672855)

I think you underestimate how many hours of videos are uploaded to YT every second. YT requiring lots of human interaction by moderators kills the profitability.

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Re:YouTube says it will crack down on bizarre videos targeti... by TheCoreh on Friday November 10, 2017 @10:29AM (#15670468)

Or, they could create two separate ad categories by including an option like "Allow ad to be displayed on potentially controversial, offensive or profane content". That way instead if being demonetized videos could simply be moved to this bucket and get ads from less high profile brands, that don't care about this.

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Re:YouTube says it will crack down on bizarre videos targeti... by watwut on Friday November 10, 2017 @10:33AM (#15670495)

Advertisers from France will never agree with advertisers from America on what is controversial. Not even speaking about advertisers from Saudi Arabia.

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Re:YouTube says it will crack down on bizarre videos targeti... by Feniks on Friday November 10, 2017 @10:47AM (#15670594)

Excellent point. Saying vagina in the Netherlands isn't a big deal, in the US the FCC would be calling your boss.

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Re:YouTube says it will crack down on bizarre videos targeti... by matt4077 on Friday November 10, 2017 @04:16PM (#15673115)

"Vagina" is actually allowed. Also, this is among the gems of the google infobox: https://www.google.com/search?rls=en&q=fcc+forbidden+words

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Re:YouTube says it will crack down on bizarre videos targeti... by nerpderp83 on Friday November 10, 2017 @12:23PM (#15671362)

https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/obscene-indecent-and-pr...

Some serious double think right there.

What a shitty fucking law.

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