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June 5, 2024
YouTube Puts Age Restrictions on Gun Videos

In June 2024, YouTube put new age restrictions on gun videos, including content showing homemade and automatic firearms. The changes followed a widely cited TTP report which found that YouTube recommended hundreds of videos about guns and gun violence to accounts for boys interested in video games. The report noted that YouTube took no apparent steps to age-restrict the videos.

The group Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund highlighted TTP’s report in a series of recommendations to YouTube for dealing with gun content. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg also cited TTP’s report in a letter calling on YouTube CEO Neal Mohan to limit children’s access to homemade “ghost gun” videos.

June 5, 2024
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