It's Hard To Fight Hate Speech On YouTube, Google CEO Sundar Pichai Said

During an interview on HBO with Axios, Google CEO Sundar Pichai said that YouTube is not exactly at the place the company wants it to be. The interview asked the CEO about what reactions he had for the changes and scandals on the platform.

Pichai relied that Google ranked content based on quality. Therefore, the CEO said, the firm is applying the same approach and notion to YouTube to better rank content with higher quality as well as limit borderline content that doesn't violate policies technically but can still be harmful.

As announced by YouTube last week, the site was blocking videos promoting one group of people as superior to another, adjusting recommended clips for excluding more “borderline content”, as well as limiting the ability to monetize of creators that violate the rules on the platform. Plus, according to YouTube’s announcements earlier this month, minors won’t be able to livestream with no adults around.

A Wednesday blog post from the video-sharing platform said that the openness of the platform has boosted the growth of creativity as well as access to information. It added that the company takes responsibility to protect that, as well as prevent the site from being used to spread hatred, violence, discrimination, and harassment. YouTube pledged to take action to fulfill its responsibility now, and in the future.

Also last week, the platform faced backlash after refusing to remove Stephen Crowder’s channel, a well-known conservative personality. Later, the company said that YouTube did not violate any rules; however, it banned hoax and supremacist videos, such as content denying Sandy Hook and Holocaust.