In early July, YouTube made a significant change to its software to boost what it deems ?quality? children?s content.

Wim J. van der Linden, Hao Ren, A Fast and Simple Algorithm for Bayesian Adaptive Testing, Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, Vol. 45, No. 1 (February 2020), pp. 58-85 ...

Algorithmic recommendations aren’t just bad for kids’ mental health; they’re taking away the journey of discovery that comes with being human.

Unlike the regular YouTube app, YouTube Kids has a simple, cartoonish design that young children can easily navigate, along with various filtering tools and timers for parents.

A team of researchers has developed a high accuracy deep learning-based classifier designed to detect YouTube videos with disturbing content for kids. This was done after finding that the current ...