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submitted 1 year ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

YouTube Wants to Stop Sending Kids Down the Rabbit Hole of Eating Disorder Videos.::YouTube announced a new effort to curb its own recommendation algorithms to protect teenagers from the rabbit hole of videos that could inspire eating disorders, body image problems, violence, and other problems. The new initiative comes amidst a growing threat of legislation to address kids’ safety on the internet and may be an effort to stave off new regulations.

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[-] db2@sopuli.xyz 41 points 1 year ago

Sure they do. Out of the goodness of their corporate overlord hearts.

[-] Lionel@endlesstalk.org 34 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Oh right… because of future regulations… not because they wanted to.

[-] nous@programming.dev 8 points 1 year ago

Do the bare minimum now to avoid try and tougher regulations later.

[-] Usernameblankface@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

They say the want to. They can, they should, but they haven't. Yet, they say they want to. Hmmm

[-] NightOwl@lemmy.one 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Could just demonitize those type of videos, which would have an impact on submissions. That goes for lot of platforms that have a monetizing incentive to get views. And so many don't bother deactivating the accounts either when videos cross the line as if they want to encourage emulation among the population.

[-] Valmond@lemmy.mindoki.com 2 points 1 year ago

But think of the shareholders!

[-] KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 1 year ago

“If we do 75% now, maybe they won’t regulate as hard!”

[-] Haha@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

They care (in a dollar amount) precisely as much as the settlements and government-imposed fines they’ll likely have to pay if they were to not curb this idiocy.

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