After receiving complaints that its Restricted Mode — which helps to filter out mature content — was wrongly putting videos with Lgbtq+ themes behind the wall, YouTube announced Friday it is working to fix the problem. In a blog post on the Creator Blog, Johanna Wright, VP of product management said that the service had implemented some changes to hopefully prevent the wrongful tagging of certain videos. “We want to clarify that Restricted Mode should not filter out content belonging to individuals or groups based on certain attributes like gender, gender identity, political viewpoints, race, religion or sexual orientation,” Wright wrote. Also.
- 4/21/2017
- by Carli Velocci
- The Wrap
Following widespread creator outcry last week after certain child-friendly Lgbtq videos were discovered as being blocked in Restricted Mode, a YouTube setting designed to filter out “potentially objectionable content,” the video giant offered a short statement over the weekend saying it would look into the issue -- an apology that many felt was insufficient.
Yesterday evening, however, YouTube shared a blog post taking accountability for errors with respect to Restricted Mode and vowing that fixes are on the way.
“The bottom line is that this feature isn’t working the way it should,” writes Johanna Wright, YouTube’s VP of product management. “We’re sorry and we’re going to fix it.” Wright explains that Restricted Mode was unveiled back in 2010 as a tool for institutions and individuals to help better manage their experiences on YouTube, and accounts for just 1.5% of daily YouTube views.
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Yesterday evening, however, YouTube shared a blog post taking accountability for errors with respect to Restricted Mode and vowing that fixes are on the way.
“The bottom line is that this feature isn’t working the way it should,” writes Johanna Wright, YouTube’s VP of product management. “We’re sorry and we’re going to fix it.” Wright explains that Restricted Mode was unveiled back in 2010 as a tool for institutions and individuals to help better manage their experiences on YouTube, and accounts for just 1.5% of daily YouTube views.
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- 3/21/2017
- by Geoff Weiss
- Tubefilter.com
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