WASHINGTON (AP) — YouTube is changing its policies about firearm videos in an effort to keep potentially dangerous content from reaching underage users.
WASHINGTON — YouTube is changing its policies about firearm videos in an effort to keep potentially dangerous content from reaching underage users.
Katie Paul, director of the Tech Transparency Project, said the change was welcome news and a step in the right direction. But she questioned why the platform took so long to issue a new policy, and said her group will look to see how effectively YouTube enforces its new rule.“Firearms are the number one cause of death for children and teens in America," said Paul, whose group has long sought stronger age controls on online gun videos.
YouTube said the policy changes were designed to reflect new developments, like 3D printed guns, which have become more available in recent years. YouTubeusers under 17 to get their parent's permission before using their site; accounts for users younger than 13 are linked to the parental account. Just seven electric-vehicle charging stations have begun operating with funding from a $5-billion U.S. government program created in 2021, marking "pathetic" progress, a Democratic senator said on Wednesday. Automakers and others say drastically expanding EV-charging stations is crucial to the wide deployment of electric vehicles, which are part of the Biden Administration's efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The seven EV-charging stations deployed to date under a 2021 U.
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