YouTube announces that it will disable comments on most videos featuring minors after a number of advertisers withdrew their ads.
The announcement comes after the video platform faced a backlash from advertisers, including AT&T, Nestlé and Epic Games, following a viral video that claimed YouTube-hosted videos of young children were found to attract comments from apparent pedophiles.
"Until Google can protect our brand from offensive content of any kind, we are removing all advertising from YouTube," an AT&T spokesperson said in an email to NBC News on Feb. 21. YouTube said there will be a small number of creators that will be able to keep their comments enabled on their videos, but those accounts will have to"actively monitor" their comment feeds and demonstrate"low predatory behavior."
In addition to suspending comments, the video platform said it will be launching a comments"classifier" that will be able to identify and remove"predatory" comments much quicker.$5.7 million on allegations of illegally collecting images, voice records and geolocations of children, some younger than 13.
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