YouTube algorithm recommends videos that violate its own policies: study

Re:YouTube algorithm recommends videos that violate its own ... by dragonwriter on Thursday July 08, 2021 @01:08PM (#27774896)

> YouTube kids is kind of clearly designed for preschool children (5 or less),

Since their two age settings are for under 7 and 7-12, that's manifestly false.

Its for children as protected under COPPA, to wit, under 13.

> There’s no way of saving or sharing content

Also because COPPA (at least, the sharing part.)

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Re:YouTube algorithm recommends videos that violate its own ... by new299 on Thursday July 08, 2021 @01:31PM (#27775237)

So they’re more interested in compliance rather than building something useful.

What I’m saying, is that they should give everyone the ability to more effectively control content in the main app, website.

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