Internet consumption by minors is a problem that worries more and more people. Far from being a product of hysteria, we could see how the platforms liked it Youtube Conspiracy videos were served to the children, which then forced her to take action, and thus she continues to get into disputes about data collection. Now the Google-owned video platform has announced new measures to protect the wellbeing and mental health of teenagers.

To be more specific, YouTube has partnered with its own Youth and Families Advisory Board (Advisory Committee for Youth and Families) to identify the types of videos that, upon repeated viewing, could have a detrimental effect on adolescent mental health. Potentially harmful videos would be included in categories such as body weight, fitness level or social aggression.although they were still searchable and recommended through the platform’s user interface.

In order to better control potentially harmful content for teenagers, YouTube created its crisis resources with information that appears when someone searches for words like “self-harm” or “eating disorders” in a full-page dashboard. The intent is to give viewers more pause and to more clearly state third-party crisis hotlines and search suggestions such as “grounding drills.”

Video platform The frequency of bedtime reminders and rest breaks will also increase., with the latter point automatically set to appear in videos every hour for viewers under 18. There is also an option for the user or a parent to adjust the frequency in the settings.

A YouTube reminder to take a break, aimed at teenagers.

YouTube now explains it is “limiting the re-recommendation of videos related to these topics to teens in the United States, with additional countries to be added over the next year. As always, we continue to enforce our community policies to remove content and prevent minors from viewing videos that violate our child safety, eating disorder, hate speech, and harassment policies.”

“At YouTube, we strongly support families, researchers, policy makers, companies and experts coming together to define a set of consistent standards for young people online. To that end, we are working with the World Health Organization (WHO) and Common Sense Networks, a subsidiary of Common Sense Media, to develop industry-wide public resources on teen and online wellness.”

The problem seems to be fairly clear when it comes to children, but for teenagers things become a lot murkier. On the one hand, there is a possibility that excessive exposure to inappropriate content has a negative impact, but on the other hand, overprotection may mean that they end up not being able to respond or respond correctly to a situation that is negative. for them.