The technical fixes YouTube tried don't seem to have worked. But a huge problem is the algorithm.

"YouTube doesn’t just recommend you watch more videos of children innocently playing, its algorithm specifically suggests videos that are seemingly popular with other paedophiles"

— Matt Burgess (@mattburgess1) February 20, 2019

An advert for Grammarly runs before a YouTube video of a young girl in a paddling pool. “Wish she’d show something ?,” writes one commenter. “Yummy,” adds another. The video has 2.2 million views

— WIRED UK (@WiredUK) February 20, 2019

To their credit, Epic Games, Grammarly, Peloton and the World Business Forum have all taken steps to suspend advertising that was being run - without their knowledge - alongside this content and help hold YouTube to account.

— K.G. Orphanides (@KGOrphanides) February 20, 2019

Everything you need to know about what's happening with YouTube right now:

Child exploitation story - https://t.co/VmQPLLjrz0

Advertisers pull out - https://t.co/d9O8FW6Sw7https://t.co/boaakxvgES

Creators prepare for new "adpocalypse" - https://t.co/D3UsrJXgbZ

— julia ? alexander (@loudmouthjulia) February 20, 2019

New: Epic Games has pulled Fortnite pre-roll ads (the ones that play before a video) in light of YouTube's recent child exploitation scandal. Other companies are asking YouTube and independent third parties to investigate. https://t.co/d9O8FW6Sw7

— julia ? alexander (@loudmouthjulia) February 20, 2019

hi everyone @loudmouthjulia is the writer to watch on the very bad new youtube drama:

child predator issue https://t.co/6qviaIM6uW

fortnite ads pulled https://t.co/k2HlUpG0O0

NOW: creators fear another adpocalypse is imminent https://t.co/Zr9KSmBzvf

— Jake Kastrenakes (@jake_k) February 20, 2019

Epic Games pulls Fortnite pre-roll ads on YouTube following child predator controversy https://t.co/uyTe9SZeXC pic.twitter.com/1Qy2IDFZm7

— Igor Os (@igor_os777) February 20, 2019

like many other tech companies, youtube finds itself in this mess because it continually fails to make firm decisions for fear of pissing people off https://t.co/k2HlUpG0O0

— Jake Kastrenakes (@jake_k) February 20, 2019

Fortnite publisher pulls pre-roll ads on YouTube following child exploitation controversy: https://t.co/3X8GFvW0Mj pic.twitter.com/dtz6i1MMvV

— Adweek (@Adweek) February 20, 2019

Our tech dystopian present:
Epic Games, the company behind Fortnite, is suspending all of its pre-roll YouTube advertising after a report found that the brand was appearing on children’s videos that serve as an online hub for pedophiles. https://t.co/yPAJG7bdSn

— Josh Sternberg (@joshsternberg) February 20, 2019

?On YouTube, a network of pedophiles is hiding in plain sight ? https://t.co/5G3wAM7VnG

— Jack Posobiec ?? (@JackPosobiec) February 20, 2019

If this was a sane, fair world, the executives running YouTube would all be facing criminal indictments for this. But the world, alas, is neither fair nor sane, so it’s just another PR crisis. https://t.co/3j50NnDC8u

— Daniel Knauf (@Daniel_Knauf) February 20, 2019

YouTube Profits From Videos Of Sexualized Minors https://t.co/w7RV3tStBG

— An Open Secret (@AnOpenSecret) February 20, 2019

For @WiredUK, I followed up claims of paedophilic comments and videos on YouTube, and found them, monetised with mainstream ads.

This was a special kind of hell to investigate, and I couldn't have managed without editor @jtemperton's work and support.https://t.co/bgqMsj20IW

— K.G. Orphanides (@KGOrphanides) February 20, 2019

YouTube has a paedophile problem. We’ve found scores of videos with millions of views that are being flooded with perverted comments.

These videos are being monetised by YouTube. Fortnite publisher Epic Games has pulled all ads from YouTube.

Full story: https://t.co/mnqmUUY9iY pic.twitter.com/ZewrbL6OOP

— WIRED UK (@WiredUK) February 20, 2019

Our top story today reveals the shocking extent of paedophile networks using YouTube despite promises to fix the problem

Videos with tens of millions of views are inundated with comments by paedophiles, with adverts from major brands running alongside https://t.co/H4nEz0z5xB

— WIRED UK (@WiredUK) February 20, 2019

If this isn’t already obvious…one shouldn’t put pictures of their children on the web because your pics are rarely limited to your intended audience. https://t.co/wwoKHlLBd5

— Chris Hoofnagle (@hoofnagle) February 20, 2019

Unsurprisingly, YouTube is chock full of pedophiles, with big companies monetizing their views https://t.co/ntc6dJrVyR

— Vince Mancini (@VinceMancini) February 20, 2019

On YouTube, a network of paedophiles is hiding in plain sight | WIRED UK??ATTN all pedophiles. You are going down. https://t.co/aZnhkSh1FX

— Wontconform1 (@Wontconform11) February 20, 2019

YouTube has a major paedophile problem. We’ve uncovered scores of YouTube videos with tens of millions of views that are being inundated with comments from paedophiles.

Full story: https://t.co/A2bOA5Wqo1 pic.twitter.com/7ZGHFztRXz

— James Temperton (@jtemperton) February 20, 2019