YouTube adds 'Safety Mode' to screen objectionable content
WASHINGTON – YouTube on Wednesday added a "Safety Mode" feature to the video-sharing site that allows users to screen out potentially objectionable content.
"We know that some of you want a more controlled experience," Jamie Davidson, an associate product manager at Google-owned YouTube, said in a blog post.
"That's why we're announcing Safety Mode, an opt-in setting that helps screen out potentially objectionable content that you may prefer not to see or don't want others in your family to stumble across while enjoying YouTube."
Activating "Safety Mode" will not return any results for a search using the keyword "naked" or "sex," for example.
"While no filter is 100 percent perfect, Safety Mode is another step in our ongoing desire to give you greater control over the content you see on the site," Davidson said.
"Safety Mode" can be turned on or off through a link at the bottom of the YouTube page.
YouTube's guidelines already ban pornography, sexually explicit content and graphic violence.
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You Tube Safe Mode
This is a nice move by google. As we all know, there are lapses in You Tube's system that may allow pornographic content to be posted for a whie. Remember he scandals about the Showbiz actors/actresses. they were first shown in you tube.
With this new feature, you may opt to filter the contents you don't want yourself or your to children see.
Kudos to Google!
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