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Updated YouTube Kids security policy lets viewers flag inappropriate content

11/13/201711/10/2017 Jennifer Goula

YouTube Kids Security homepage - Google services

The children’s branch of Google’s massively popular video streaming service lets viewers participate. A new YouTube Kids security policy has been implemented to make it possible for viewers to flag inappropriate videos targeting children. This will make it possible for service users to be able to call to YouTube’s attention the presence of disturbing and otherwise child-unfriendly videos using popular children’s characters among their keywords. This feature is meant to allow users to work to age restrict certain kinds of videos to keep them in the main YouTube app. Once…

YouTube in-app messaging launched for Canadian mobile users

01/19/201701/18/2017 L. Green

The Google owned video hosting and streaming platform is testing the option in Canada first. A YouTube in-app messaging platform has now been launched. That said, for the moment the option will be available only in Canada. It is commonplace for companies to soft launch their products within that market due to the country’s size and similarity to the United States. The entire population of Canada is comparable to that of California, but there is another reason for its appeal. Canadians share more YoutTube videos with their friends, family and…

Mobile app for creators is under development at YouTube

05/27/201405/24/2014 Jesse Collins

The application will have features that make it possible for crowdsourced subtitles and fan donations. YouTube has now announced one of its latest efforts, which it has entitled Creator Preview, which will be a video series in which the company will share some of the latest features – such as mobile app updates and new tools – that will become available to creators in the future. The first video from the Google owned company revealed that there will soon be an application just for creators. That first Creator Preview showed…