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This essay[1] by James Bridle points out that YouTube Kids' algorithmic filtering is failing. Thousands (millions maybe) of videos are uploaded containing viole

• replicatorblog 9y ago
  The linked article and NYT report would really benefit from some statistical reinforcement. Some of the videos that the two posts show are indeed disturbing, but how many of these are there actually? Bridle's point was almost more aesthetic, pointing out the crudity of animation which is a widespread problem. That said there is a MASSIVE difference in a poorly animated earworm like the "Finger Family Song" and Chase from Paw Patrol being decapitated in a strip club, which is a rarity.
  • toss1 9y ago
    It has also been repeatedly pointed out that the YTube reporting system to takedown inappropriate content consistently fails. Plausible scenario is that it fails is that they assign a few human reviewers, and set the threshold of reports required so that those humans aren't overworked. Then they make the erroneous assumption that their staffing for the task is adequate and that items falling below the reporting threshold must be fine. Wrong.'