Will gen AI make YouTube’s next Elsagate?
YouTube is big on AI. It’s been promoting the use of generative artificial intelligence for years now, calling on creators to embrace this ‘new era’ of content-making where humans and AI work together to speed up and streamline video production.
But the very tools tech bros developed for this ‘new era’ are now being used to breathe new life into one of YouTube’s most expensive controversies.
Elsagate. Sparked by a single 2016 article from The Guardian about a trend of disturbing animated videos aimed at kids, Elsagate snowballed into a sweeping, years-long scrutinization of child safety on YouTube–scrutinization that eventually led to a $170 million Federal Trade Commission fine and mass demonetization of kids’ content. Under fire from creators, viewers, advertisers, and regulatory agencies, YouTube quashed most Elsagate content, and while there have been scat, the scale of them has remained small.
Until now. Wired today reported a new...
But the very tools tech bros developed for this ‘new era’ are now being used to breathe new life into one of YouTube’s most expensive controversies.
Elsagate. Sparked by a single 2016 article from The Guardian about a trend of disturbing animated videos aimed at kids, Elsagate snowballed into a sweeping, years-long scrutinization of child safety on YouTube–scrutinization that eventually led to a $170 million Federal Trade Commission fine and mass demonetization of kids’ content. Under fire from creators, viewers, advertisers, and regulatory agencies, YouTube quashed most Elsagate content, and while there have been scat, the scale of them has remained small.
Until now. Wired today reported a new...
- 5/2/2025
- by James Hale
- Tubefilter.com
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