Every day, Anicet Mbida makes us discover an innovation that could well change the way we consume.
This Thursday, he is interested in the censorship that will be able to be done automatically on the Internet.
All inappropriate videos for children will be automatically filtered on YouTube in particular.
A novelty that should interest parents. All inappropriate videos for children will be automatically filtered on YouTube in particular.
It's a real problem today: children quietly watch cartoons.
And in the end, among the videos offered, they may come across content that is not intended for them at all (for example, news images or certain music videos).
Today, these videos must be hand-reported by moderators.
Which has become totally unmanageable as the platform receives over 500 hours of video every minute!
From now on, we will use artificial intelligence to scan each video.
And validate whether or not it can be broadcast to everyone.
If not, what will happen?
You will need to log in to verify that you are over 18 years old.
In some cases, you may even be asked for proof (credit card or identity document).
This is also new, it was not the case until now.
This is not a sudden awareness of YouTube.
It turns out that a European directive obliges platforms to protect minors on the internet.
It is this directive in particular which was translated into the famous law which will oblige to prove his age on porn sites.
If we put porn aside. Are we sure that artificial intelligence will not censor totally benign content?
Sure, there will be bugs.
YouTube is aware of this.
This is why the authors will be warned.
They can appeal.
From there, more machines.
These are humans who will validate that the video can be viewed by children.
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