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AT&T and Hasbro Become Latest Companies to Yank Ads From YouTube Over Pedophilia Content

Amid reports that a pervasive network of pedophiles is operating in the comments of YouTube videos of children, several major companies have paused their ad campaigns.

Grammarly and Fortnite developer Epic Games both said this week that they had reached out to the company for answers about how YouTube plans to keep predatory behavior off its site.

The responses follow a YouTube video posted Sunday by Matt Watson that outlined in detail the disturbing ways that apparent pedophiles swap information on videos of minors and especially young girls.

Adweek reported that it spoke with one agency individual who raised concerns about YouTubes ability to manage the problem, particularly given the fact that this is not the first time the company has been forced to confront this issue.

A spokesperson for YouTube said this week that the company had removed hundreds of accounts linked to commenters on the videos in question.

In addition to disabling comments on millions of videos of minors, the spokesperson said the company also removed some videos that may put children at risk of predatory behavior.

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Author: Catie Keck

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