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YouTube Adds New Updates For Young Users

YouTube Adds New Updates For Young Users

YouTube has some new updates for young users focussing primarily on 2 aspects –

a) to protect younger users from overexposure to potentially harmful content,

b) to prompt youngsters to take a break from the app.

In the words of YouTube –

“One of our Advisory Committee’s important contributions has been advising YouTube on the developmental stages of teens – and specifically how content consumed online can impact the wellbeing of teens. Teens are more likely than adults to form negative beliefs about themselves when seeing repeated messages about ideal standards in content they consume online.”

New Updates For Young Users

YouTube says that it will now limit content recommendations for teens in certain categories, including:

  • Content that compares physical features and idealizes some types over others 
  • Content that idealizes specific fitness levels or body weights
  • Content that displays social aggression in the form of non-contact fights and intimidation

On another front, YouTube’s also adding more “Take a Break” reminders for teen users, which will also now be more prominent in the app. It’s also expanding its crisis resource panels into a new full-page experience “that will help viewers pause for a moment and explore help topics when they search on YouTube for certain queries related to suicide, self-harm, and eating disorders”. 

New Updates For Young Users

Finally, YouTube’s also expanding its work with the World Health Organization (WHO) and Common Sense Networks, to develop more resources related to teens and online wellbeing.

New Updates For Young Users

You can read more about YouTube’s new updates for young users here.

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