YouTube will demonetize videos containing inappropriate comments as a way to combat pedophiles

YouTube will monitor comments on videos in response to the leakage of advertisers due to the boom in pedophile comments. This decision could put at risk the viability of small creators who receive a lot of negative comments.

Yesterday we echoed the news that several YouTube advertisers had left. The reason is that sexual predators have taken advantage of the algorithm to have many videos of minors to which they respond in comments with the time in which the minor was seen in compromised positions. Matt Watson explained that this was as simple as signing up for a new account, using a VPN, searching for a certain term, and in a few minutes he would have the recommended section full of videos of minors.

Other quick reaction of YouTube to the leakage of advertisers

Epic Games, Netsle, and many more big money-giving brands withdrew their advertising in the face of this scandal. An unexpected adpocalypse caused by the lax control of YouTube has caused them to take drastic measures to try to win back the advertisers. They have already begun to take measures such as deleting accounts with pedophile behavior, informing authorities and disabling comments on videos that include minors.

The measure has spread quickly and now they do not monetize videos that have inappropriate content according to Yotube guides. That means they hold the creator responsible for the comments that are poured even if the video itself has no problem.

This change comes like others that YouTube has introduced: without notifying those affected in advance so that they can have time to read the notice and make the necessary changes. In addition, the explanation comes from the Twitter account to support creators, not from an email from the platform sent to the creators.

From now on, creators will have to monitor the comments made by members of their community, some will have to moderate or even delete them to ensure that they receive monetization. It has also been speculated that with this change it is easy to end a channel that you do not like: leaving inappropriate comments from alternative accounts so that the video can not have ads.

Source: Twitter