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YouTube steps in after sexual predators leave lascivious comments on innocent videos of girls
Kids are obsessed with YouTube, and many love to post videos of themselves. There are videos of young girls dancing, doing cartwheels, putting on makeup, opening presents.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readKids are obsessed with YouTube, and many love to post videos of themselves. There are videos of young girls dancing, doing cartwheels, putting on makeup, opening presents. Anyone can see them -- including people you wouldn’t want anywhere near young girls. This week, YouTube suspended comments on videos featuring young minors because predators were leaving sexually suggestive comments. The move came after one YouTube user posted a viral video about the issue earlier this month, causing major companies to pull their advertisements until YouTube fixed the problem.
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The full episode
3 of 5How everyday violence affects school kids in South LA- 0:00With so much rain and snow lately, how is California capturing all the water?
- 8:11California is stuck with PG&E -- the utility responsible for wildfires
- 15:20YouTube steps in after sexual predators leave lascivious comments on innocent videos of girlsYou’re reading this
- 22:54The dangers South LA kids face just getting to and from school
- 34:16Does never-before-seen footage make ‘Apollo 11’ documentary worthwhile?