A History of YouTube's Responsibility Efforts

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We’ve also invested millions of dollars to develop a Copyright Management Suite designed to protect rights holders and creators, balancing the needs of the entire ecosystem.</p>\n", headline: "Protecting privacy and copyright", isUmbrellaTheme: "No", menuOrder: 6, name: "Protecting privacy and copyright", nextThemeSlug: "establish-transparency", slug: "protecting-privacy", _siteId: "yt-responsibility", _collectionId: "Themes", _documentId: 6615535909076992, }, _siteId: "yt-responsibility", _collectionId: "Milestones", _documentId: 4624689114382336, _documentLabel: "Incognito mode on Android devices introduced, enabling private browsing without influencing search and watch history", }, { date: "2019-03-07 00:00:00", headline: "Fact check information panels launch in India to provide additional context from third-party fact-checkers for relevant queries to help viewers make informed decisions", isMajor: true, source: "https://web.archive.org/web/20211203093317/https://www.youtube.com/howyoutubeworks/product-features/news-information/#fact-checks", summary: null, theme: { colorPrimary: "#00BAE5", colorQuaternary: "#004859", colorSecondary: "#CAF8FF", colorTertiary: "rgba(202, 248, 255, .5)", description: "<p>We actively reduce recommendations of borderline content and harmful misinformation and at the same time, raise up authoritative sources for news and information. 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So we’ve prioritized ways to help you control your privacy, and understand how we may use data. 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So we’ve prioritized ways to help you control your privacy, and understand how we may use data. We’ve also invested millions of dollars to develop a Copyright Management Suite designed to protect rights holders and creators, balancing the needs of the entire ecosystem.</p>\n", headline: "Protecting privacy and copyright", isUmbrellaTheme: "No", menuOrder: 6, name: "Protecting privacy and copyright", nextThemeSlug: "establish-transparency", slug: "protecting-privacy", _siteId: "yt-responsibility", _collectionId: "Themes", _documentId: 6615535909076992, }, _siteId: "yt-responsibility", _collectionId: "Milestones", _documentId: 4916446651744256, _documentLabel: "Copyright Match Tool launches on YouTube - using Content ID matching to find near identical re-uploads of creator videos", }, { date: "2020-09-22 00:00:00", headline: "Machine learning is employed to automatically apply age-restrictions to relevant videos", isMajor: false, source: "https://web.archive.org/web/20211203093317/https://www.youtube.com/howyoutubeworks/our-commitments/fostering-child-safety/#mature-content", summary: null, theme: { colorPrimary: "#9A4DFF", colorQuaternary: "#6126BF", colorSecondary: "#E4C7FF", colorTertiary: "rgba(239, 222, 255, .7)", description: "<p>We’re committed to investing in industry-leading technology and enforcing strict policies to protect children and families on our platform. 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Our approach is constantly evolving, which has enabled us to respond to major real world events as they happen.</p>\n", headline: "Fighting misinformation", isUmbrellaTheme: "No", menuOrder: 3, name: "Fighting misinformation", nextThemeSlug: "fostering-child-safety", slug: "fighting-misinformation", _siteId: "yt-responsibility", _collectionId: "Themes", _documentId: 5784200982298624, }, _siteId: "yt-responsibility", _collectionId: "Milestones", _documentId: 4957489218715648, _documentLabel: 'Information panels expanded to cover "vote by mail" topics during the U.S. elections', }, { date: "2018-09-01 00:00:00", headline: "Parental controls added to the YouTube Kids app - allowing parents to handpick videos and channels in the app", isMajor: false, source: "https://web.archive.org/web/20211203093317/https://www.youtube.com/howyoutubeworks/our-commitments/fostering-child-safety/#youtube-kids", summary: null, theme: { colorPrimary: "#9A4DFF", colorQuaternary: "#6126BF", colorSecondary: "#E4C7FF", colorTertiary: "rgba(239, 222, 255, .7)", description: "<p>We’re committed to investing in industry-leading technology and enforcing strict policies to protect children and families on our platform. In the first quarter of 2021, we removed 5.1M videos for violating our Child Safety policy, as well as 32,521 channels.</p>\n", headline: "Fostering child safety", isUmbrellaTheme: "No", menuOrder: 4, name: "Fostering child safety", nextThemeSlug: "rewarding-trusted-creators", slug: "fostering-child-safety", _siteId: "yt-responsibility", _collectionId: "Themes", _documentId: 6295301520097280, }, _siteId: "yt-responsibility", _collectionId: "Milestones", _documentId: 4980946591547392, _documentLabel: "Parental controls added to the YouTube Kids app - allowing parents to handpick videos and channels in the app", }, { date: "2019-12-11 00:00:00", headline: "Harassment policy updated - including a stronger stance against veiled threats, demeaning language, and personal attacks", isMajor: true, source: "https://web.archive.org/web/20211203093317/https://www.youtube.com/howyoutubeworks/our-commitments/standing-up-to-hate/", summary: "In 2020, we removed 265,520 videos and 100,341 channels from YouTube for violating our Harassment policies", theme: { colorPrimary: "#EDAF00", colorQuaternary: "#725100", colorSecondary: "#FFE780", colorTertiary: "#FFF3C0", description: "<p>Hate speech and harassment harms our whole community and discourages people from sharing their stories and experiences with the world. 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Our approach is constantly evolving, which has enabled us to respond to major real world events as they happen.</p>\n", headline: "Fighting misinformation", isUmbrellaTheme: "No", menuOrder: 3, name: "Fighting misinformation", nextThemeSlug: "fostering-child-safety", slug: "fighting-misinformation", _siteId: "yt-responsibility", _collectionId: "Themes", _documentId: 5784200982298624, }, _siteId: "yt-responsibility", _collectionId: "Milestones", _documentId: 5116808681750528, _documentLabel: "Launch of information panels providing context on U.S. mid-term election candidates", }, { date: "2018-07-09 00:00:00", headline: "Top News shelf launches on the YouTube homepage for viewers who have shown an interest in news", isMajor: false, source: "https://web.archive.org/web/20211203093317/https://www.youtube.com/howyoutubeworks/product-features/news-information/#top-news", summary: null, theme: { colorPrimary: "#00BAE5", colorQuaternary: "#004859", colorSecondary: "#CAF8FF", colorTertiary: "rgba(202, 248, 255, .5)", description: "<p>We actively reduce recommendations of borderline content and harmful misinformation and at the same time, raise up authoritative sources for news and information. 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