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YouTube Wants to Stop Sending Kids Down the Rabbit Hole of Eating Disorder Videos. (finance.yahoo.com)
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YouTube Wants to Stop Sending Kids Down the Rabbit Hole of Eating Disorder Videos.::YouTube announced a new effort to curb its own recommendation algorithms to protect teenagers from the rabbit hole of videos that could inspire eating disorders, body image problems, violence, and other problems. The new initiative comes amidst a growing threat of legislation to address kids’ safety on the internet and may be an effort to stave off new regulations.

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[–] db2@sopuli.xyz 40 points 2 years ago

Sure they do. Out of the goodness of their corporate overlord hearts.