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Log out. Smart Home. Social Media. More Button Icon Circle with three vertical dots. It indicates a way to see more nav menu items inside the site menu by triggering the side menu to open and close. Steven John. You can set YouTube parental controls to make sure your child only watches appropriate videos. On a web browser, you can enable YouTube Restricted Mode, which hides mature content. Another popular vlogger, PewDiePie was accused of promoting anti-semeticism on his channel.
In the past, BuzzFeed News provided YouTube with examples of videos depicting children in compromising, disturbing and even abusive situations. Even YouTube Kids , which was designed as a digital haven for children, wasn't spared; with cleverly disguised videos slipping past filters. But YouTube has just over 10, content moderators to tackle more than 5,,, video views every day; that's just like looking for a needle in a haystack! At the minimum, parents must at least set up YouTube parental controls to better filter content on the platform.
Here are 4 ways to set parental controls on YouTube and protect against inappropriate content. In some cases however, additional measures to block YouTube might be necessary along with some of the measures mentioned above. How To Block a YouTube channel. YouTube is filled with fun, innocent, and educational videos interspersed with inappropriate content uploaded by shady channels.
But YouTube doesn't provide a straightforward way to block a channel. However here are some indirect ways to nudge YouTube into not showing content from a particular channel:.
Navigate to the "History" or "Watch history" section on YouTube on your mobile device or computer respectively. Locate videos from the offending channel and simply remove them from the list. This should "teach" YouTube's algorithm to stop showing recommendations from that channel. On the YouTube homepage, locate a video from the channel you want to block.
Click on the 3 vertical dots below the video in question and select either "Not interested" or "Don't recommend channel" from the drop-down menu. Similarly when watching a video and coming across an inappropriate recommendation, click on the 3 dots below the video in question and select "Not interested"; oddly enough YouTube doesn't provide the "Don't recommend channel" option here.
These steps will help YouTube provide you more appropriate recommendations. Parents can block YouTube channels using browser extensions like Video Blocker on computers and laptops used by their kids. Kids tend to watch videos right before bed time, or secretly binge on them late into the night.
This disturbs their sleep cycle and eventually affects their quality of sleep. According to the National Sleep Foundation : "Those who spend a lot of time in front of a screen tend to go to bed later, take longer to fall asleep, and sleep fewer hours than those with less exposure to these devices". With curated selections of content, parental control features, and filtering of inappropriate videos YouTube Kids tries to create a more contained environment filled with family-friendly content.
In-built filters, human review and feedback from parents help keep the content on YouTube Kids suitable for young 12 and under audiences. Parents can customize the content their kids watch in the YouTube Kids app by blocking select videos or channels.
Parents can choose how content will be selected in the app from 4 preset levels : Preschool, Younger, Older, or Approve content yourself. Approved content only: In this setting, children will only be able to watch videos, channels, and collections that her parent handpicks.
Parents can set a timer to limit overall screen time on the app in blocks of 1 hour each. There have been reports of violent and inappropriate content being uploaded on YouTube Kids getting past the content moderation system in place. It also prevents viewing material that has been flagged as inappropriate by the YouTube community or has been marked for mature audiences only by the content's creator.
Children who are 13 or above, can browse through almost everything; which may be inappropriatefor teens and tweens. The latest version of Mobicip works using VPN technology that allows it to filter videos directly on the Youtube app.
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