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Disagree, people have been complaining to YT for years about this issue. If the issue is so bad that advertisers have to proactively boycott the platform, there's something seriously wrong at YT.

Yeah, that's what I'm saying though. They can't fix it because they don't know how to. Their algorithm is essentially a black box like most machine learning systems are (that's what they're using, right?). And they're not about to ditch it because it makes them money, and the backlash isn't big enough yet. Might be soon, with all those advertisers pulling out, who knows.

Disagree, lots of these videos of kids have millions of views and I believe ads running.

They do? Alright, fair enough, didn't know that.

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Their algorithm is essentially a black box like most machine learning systems are

This is fair, but at the same time, they could easily pre and post filter the results and massage the data a bit. YT pulls money out of thin air, they have essentially unlimited resources.

they're not about to ditch it because it makes them money

Yep. In my book there's a pretty high probability that they knowingly profited from pedos and the huge view counts. I think they have demonetized more aggressively lately, but that was only after backlash too.