YouTube is overhauling its kid-focused video app to give parents the option of letting humans, not computer algorithms, select what shows their children can watch.
The updates that begin rolling out Thursday are a response to complaints that the YouTube Kids app has repeatedly failed to filter out disturbing content.
Google-owned YouTube launched the toddler-oriented app in 2015. It has described it as a “safer” experience than the regular YouTube video-sharing service for finding Peppa Pig episodes or watching user-generated videos of people unboxing toys, teaching guitar lessons or experimenting with science.
The updates to YouTube Kids allow parents to switch off the automated system and choose a contained selection of children’s programming such as Sesame Street
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