YouTube will begin limiting access to fitness videos for European teens. Here's why.
The new rule is an effort to prevent teens from forming "negative beliefs about themselves," Dr Garth Graham, who heads YouTube Health, and James Beser, YouTube Youth’s director of product management, said in a statement.
Which videos will YouTube restrict for teenagers?
YouTube said it will now limit repeated recommendations of videos that:
Idealise particular fitness levels or weight groups
Compare and idealise certain physical features, or
Are socially aggressive, meaning they show intimidation or fighting.
