“YouTube is taking additional steps to restrict the possibility that children will be targeted by predators on the video platform — including banning young kids from live-streaming with[out] adult supervision. The Google-owned video platform, in a blog post Monday, also said it is limiting recommendations of videos that depict ‘minors in risky situations.’” – Variety
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YouTube Algorithm Started Directing Pedophiles To Home Videos Of Children
“YouTube never set out to serve users with sexual interests in children — but in the end, … its automated system managed to keep them watching with recommendations that [are] ‘disturbingly on point.’ Users do not need to look for videos of children to end up watching them. The platform can lead them there through a progression of recommendations.” – The New York Times
Turkish Filmmaker Chains Himself To Culture Ministry After Authorities Confiscate His Entire Body Of Work
“Oktay İnce, a longtime video activist fighting to retrieve an archive worth 20 years of his work, was held in police custody and accused of terrorist propaganda after he chained himself to a pole outside the culture ministry in Ankara.” – Hyperallergic
The Video Game That Became A Social Network That Makes Participants Feel Better (Says This Research)
A survey by National Research Group says weekly Fortnite players now spend 21% of their free time with the game, and spend 3% less time on social media, which now accounts for 16% of players’ free time. – Fast Company
Please Don’t Boycott Us, Georgia Democrats Tell Hollywood, Which Will Probably Boycott Anyway
As a Change.org petition (with about 3,000 signatures so far) puts it, “We [pro-choice people in Georgia] now share the burden of condemnation for actions we fought from the beginning — with our time, energy, talents, and contributions. In spite of being part of the resistance, we’ll suffer the actions of our elected officials twice over.” – Pacific Standard
The First Oscars Of The Season Go To Geena Davis, David Lynch, Wes Studi, Lina Wertmüller
Lynch, Studi, and Wertmüller will receive honorary Academy Awards for lifetime achievement, while Davis will receive the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award in recognition of her work toward gender equity in the media industries. – Variety
For First Time Since 1993, Japan’s Movie Theaters Have Raised Ticket Prices
Two of the country’s four major chains have raised the price of a standard ticket from ¥1,800 ($16.50) to ¥1,900 ($17.50), citing the costs of new IMAX and 4D equipment as well as “anti-earthquake measures” (aren’t those standard in Japan already?). – The Guardian
Social Media Terms: The Difference Between Creators And Influencers
The current distinction between creators and influencers has much more to do with what platform a person gains her fame on than her gender. – The Atlantic
Was 1999 The Best Year Ever For Movies?
Brian Raftery makes a persuasive, entertaining case for the enduring impact of a passel of classics, from “American Beauty” to “American Movie” to “American Pie.” Among them: “The Matrix,” “The Sixth Sense,” “Boys Don’t Cry,” “Three Kings,” “Being John Malkovich,” “The Best Man,” “The Insider,” “The Virgin Suicides,” “Magnolia” and “Election.” – The New York Times
BBC Dramas Get Remade All Over The World, Which Is Frankly A Little Weird
What’s up with all of the remakes, which shows get remade the most, and why is the BBC so good at writing about itself? No, but really: “Shows like Criminal Justice, The Office and Luther have stories that are universal. … Characters, situations, predicaments – they travel very well. When cast with powerful local actors, set in domestic milieus and written in the spoken dialect of the region, these shows become our own.” – BBC