AT & T and Hasbro Shoot YouTube Ads Against Abuse Charges

AT & T and Hasbro have become the latest companies to pull YouTube commercials on pedophile allegations leaving shocking comments next to children's videos on the platform.

The telecommunications company and toy maker are following Nestlé's food giant, who said Wednesday that it has also "suspended" its ads.

YouTube said it turned off comments on millions of videos that "may be subject to predatory comments."

This is not the first time that he is facing the anger caused by the comments left on his site.

The latest allegations surfaced Wednesday, when a vlogger on YouTube claimed that pedophiles were captivating innocent videos of children and objectified them in the comments section.

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Matt Watson also claimed that the timestamp had been left on videos showing the children's nudity.

The vlogger said that ads for companies such as Nestle and Disney had been broadcast before the videos, allowing YouTube to "monetize" the operation.

A spokesman for AT & T, America's largest telecommunications company, said: "Until Google [which owns YouTube] can protect our brand from offensive content, we remove any advertising from YouTube. "

Hasbro said that he "was suspending all ads on YouTube and had contacted Google / YouTube to understand the steps taken to remedy this problem and prevent such content from appearing on their future. platform".

According to sources, Disney and McDonald also suspended their ads.

And Epic Games, the maker of the famous Fortnite online video game, said it had "suspended all pre-roll advertising" on the platform.

YouTube said it took "immediate action" by removing the offending accounts and reporting the illegal activity to the authorities.

He also said he turned off comments on tens of millions of videos that "could be the subject of predatory comments".

"There is still a lot of work to be done and we continue to work to improve and catch the abuse faster," he said.

White nationalism

YouTube has encountered this kind of problem in the past.

Part of its system of reporting badualized comments left on children's videos was not working properly for more than a year, according to a BBC Trending survey found in 2017.

Many companies, including AT & T, Marks & Spencer, and Audi, have already posted ads after their release alongside videos promoting conspiracy theories, white nationalism, and terrorist groups.

Despite increasing pressure on Google and YouTube to suppress offending content, business advertising revenue continues to grow.

Their parent company, Alphabet, reported sales of nearly $ 137 billion in 2018, up 23% over the previous year.