Youtube announced bigger content-reviewing team, better machine-learning algorithms, and stricter advertising criteria in 2018 to reduce “problematic” contents

Briefing

Youtube announced bigger content-reviewing team, better machine-learning algorithms, and stricter advertising criteria in 2018 to reduce “problematic” contents

December 5, 2017

Briefing

  • Stronger Content Policing – Youtube chief Susan Wojcicki announced parent firm, Google, will increase content reviewing team to over 10,000 in 2018, alongside better machine-learning algorithms and stricter advertising criteria for channels to reduce “problematic” contents
  • Related Event – Changes were announced following advertiser boycott over videos featuring children that became target of sexually inappropriate comments
  • Platform Abuse – Shut down hundreds of accounts, deleted over 150,000 videos, and turned off comments on more than 625,000 videos eyed by suspected child predators in November 2017
  • Scaled Response – To complement reviewing team, video-sharing firm will also improve use of machine-learning algorithms for quicker and more efficient removal of contents that violate guidelines

Accelerator

Sector

Information Technology

Organization

Alphabet Inc., Google Inc.

Source

Original Publication Date

December 4, 2017

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