A New York Times story about YouTube's internal 'Condom Challenge' deliberations shows why keeping toxic content off the site is so difficult
" — show a water-filled contraceptive falling onto a person's head in slow motion. Nothing is particularly raunchy about the videos , and they are, admittedly, fascinating to watch.was up for debate in the meeting described by The Times and in the complicated world of content moderation, that distinction makes all the difference.
"There's no reason we want people putting any kind of plastic over their head," Wojcicki said in the meeting, according to The Times. But can a structure like this — that requires the coordination of senior executives — be applied to every escalation that YouTube faces?that from what he observed during his time in San Bruno, the YouTube's head exec was more likely to handle content questions with a"scalpel" than a"chainsaw" — meaning Wojcicki prefers moving slow to be more precise, rather than dealing with a tough problem in one fell swoop.
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