YouTube says it will now remove ‘violent’ and ‘mature’ videos pretending to be kid-friendly

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Earlier this week, YouTube quietly announced a policy change to its treatment of videos targeted toward minors and young children. The video platform says it will now remove all content that contains “violent” or “mature” themes if it is targeted toward kids, either through the title of the video, its description, or the accompanying tags.Going forward, YouTube says this type of content “will no longer be allowed on the platf