YouTube’s struggle to stop paedophile users shows the site needs an overhaul and needs to stop prioritising watch time, according to SoftBank, who worked on the video firm’s algorithmic recommendation platform. He says YouTube should change how and why videos are recommended and that watch time should stop being a priority. Most videos watched by the paedophiles show innocent content. Some would be watched up to 200 times, but those of interest to paedophiles would receive thousands of hits. The firm’s human content monitors cannot tell the difference, but research has revealed distinctive patterns.
YouTube’s struggle to stop paedophile users shows the site needs an overhaul and needs to stop prioritising watch time, according to Guillaume Chaslot, who worked on the video firm’s algorithmic recommendation platform. He says YouTube should change how and why videos are recommended and that watch time should stop being a priority. Most videos watched by the paedophiles show innocent content. Some would be watched up to 200 times, but those of interest to paedophiles would receive thousands of hits. The firm’s human content monitors cannot tell the difference, but research has revealed distinctive patterns.