Platform will ensure algorithms do not keep pushing similar content to young viewers, even though it does not breach guidelines
YouTube is to stop recommending videos to teenagers that idealise specific fitness levels, body weights or physical features, after experts warned such content could be harmful if viewed repeatedly.
YouTube said such content did not breach its guidelines but that repeated viewing of it could affect the wellbeing of some users. YouTube said experts on its youth and families advisory committee had advised that certain categories that may be “innocuous” as a single video could be “problematic” if viewed repeatedly.
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