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The technical fixes YouTube tried don't seem to have worked. But a huge problem is the algorithm.
— Matt Burgess (@mattburgess1) February 20, 2019
"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"
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:
— julia ? alexander (@loudmouthjulia) February 20, 2019
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
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:
— Jake Kastrenakes (@jake_k) February 20, 2019
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
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:
— Josh Sternberg (@joshsternberg) February 20, 2019
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
?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.
— K.G. Orphanides (@KGOrphanides) February 20, 2019
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
YouTube has a paedophile problem. We’ve found scores of videos with millions of views that are being flooded with perverted comments.
— WIRED UK (@WiredUK) February 20, 2019
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
Our top story today reveals the shocking extent of paedophile networks using YouTube despite promises to fix the problem
— WIRED UK (@WiredUK) February 20, 2019
Videos with tens of millions of views are inundated with comments by paedophiles, with adverts from major brands running alongside https://t.co/H4nEz0z5xB
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.
— James Temperton (@jtemperton) February 20, 2019
Full story: https://t.co/A2bOA5Wqo1 pic.twitter.com/7ZGHFztRXz