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04-23-2017, 08:10 AM
YouTube fix brings 12 million videos back to Restricted Mode
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Following the outcry back in March over YouTube's Restricted Mode, a feature that screens for "mature content," and how it filtered out some LGBTQ videos (http://%20http://mashable.com/2017/03/19/lgbt-vloggers-filtered-by-youtube?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=) on the site, the company first attempted to explain the issue before they ultimately apologized.
YouTube's words were nice, but the YouTube community wanted action. **w YouTube says it has fixed the Restricted Mode issue that hid certain LGBTQ-related videos while in Restricted Mode.*
SEE ALSO: Some LGBTQ+ videos are being filtered on YouTube and vloggers want answers (http://mashable.com/2017/03/19/lgbt-vloggers-filtered-by-youtube/)
"After a thorough investigation, we started making several improvements to Restricted Mode," reads a message (https://youtube-creators.googleblog.com/2017/04/an-update-on-restricted-mode.html) from posted by Johanna Wright, YouTube's vice president of product management, on the company's blog on Friday.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/04/22/youtube-restricted-mode-fix/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Following the outcry back in March over YouTube's Restricted Mode, a feature that screens for "mature content," and how it filtered out some LGBTQ videos (http://%20http://mashable.com/2017/03/19/lgbt-vloggers-filtered-by-youtube?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=) on the site, the company first attempted to explain the issue before they ultimately apologized.
YouTube's words were nice, but the YouTube community wanted action. **w YouTube says it has fixed the Restricted Mode issue that hid certain LGBTQ-related videos while in Restricted Mode.*
SEE ALSO: Some LGBTQ+ videos are being filtered on YouTube and vloggers want answers (http://mashable.com/2017/03/19/lgbt-vloggers-filtered-by-youtube/)
"After a thorough investigation, we started making several improvements to Restricted Mode," reads a message (https://youtube-creators.googleblog.com/2017/04/an-update-on-restricted-mode.html) from posted by Johanna Wright, YouTube's vice president of product management, on the company's blog on Friday.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/04/22/youtube-restricted-mode-fix/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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