AVID-2023-V017

Vulnerability from avid – Published: 2023-03-30 – Updated: 2023-03-30 AIID Incident
Summary
YouTube’s content filtering and recommendation algorithms exposed children to disturbing and inappropriate videos.
Risk domain
Performance
SEP view
P0401: Psychological Safety
Lifecycle
L06: Deployment
Organisations
YouTube (deployer), YouTube (developer)
References
URL Label
https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1 Incident 1: Google’s YouTube Kids App Presents Inappropriate Content
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