Daysia Tolentino is a culture and trends reporter for NBC News.
YouTube is updating its policy on firearm videos in an effort to keep underage users from accessing potentially dangerous content, including videos showing homemade guns. In its updated policy, the Google-owned platform said that beginning June 18, it will prohibit videos instructing users how to remove the safety devices from firearms. It will also restrict videos showing automatic or homemade firearms for users under 18.
The news comes as YouTube and other social media platforms have faced mounting criticism over their gun-related videos in recent years. A study published in May 2023 by Tech Transparency Project, a research group that is run by the nonprofit Campaign for Accountability and is often critical of large tech companies, found that 'YouTube's algorithms are pushing boys interested in video games to scenes of school shootings, instructions on how to use and modify weapons.
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