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Re:YouTube bans comments on all videos of children by bilbo0s on Thursday February 28, 2019 @03:47PM (#19275025)
Pedophiles are just the proverbial "Straw that broke the camel's back."

Advertisers have always been agitating, often behind the scenes, that their ads not show up on certain channels. It's just that now that there are all these code words, out and out brazenness, and what not that undesirable people use to have their conversations on otherwise innocuous channels, the advertisers are really starting to put their collective foot down.

This really is an "existential" level threat for YT. I understand the urgency. I'm just wondering if there is a better way to accomplish the same goal? Is there a way to, more directly, target undesirables?

Re:YouTube bans comments on all videos of children by Mirioron on Thursday February 28, 2019 @04:45PM (#19275532)
Or maybe advertisers want better ad deals? They're also agitated from behind by traditional media that sees Youtube as a threat. Back during the first adpocalypse it seemed as though media organizations were threatening companies to pull out otherwise they'd be written poorly of.