YouTube is “under fire,” and children’s content may be removed from the site completely to protect young viewers. In the wake of a series of incidents and criticism that put the spotlight on the questionable content kids can access there, YouTube is reportedly considering moving all kids’ content to their stand-alone, and more regulated, YouTube Kids product. YouTube employees are also pushing for automatic content play to be turned off for children’s videos—so inappropriate content isn’t surfaced after safe videos have ended. As Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood told YPulse, “If you are going to keep kids’ videos on YouTube, then you need to treat those videos differently.” (WSJ)
