Epic Games, along with other major companies, are pulling pre-roll advertisement from YouTube amid fears the ads are playing before videos used by child predators.
Epic Games has pulled all Fortnite pre-roll advertising from YouTube after it came to light that the advertisements were playing before videos which child predators use to communicate. These nefarious videos have been appearing on the massive site for some time now, apparently manipulating the infamous YouTube algorithm to exploit young children and create a shadow network of predators.
In light of the discovery that ads for Fortnite had been playing before some of these videos, Epic Games has completely removed the ads from the platform and reached out directly to YouTube’s parent company, Google, for a statement on how the company will handle the issue. A spokesperson from Epic Games contacted The Verge regarding the pulling of the ads, stating that its internal marketing team is in talks with Google and YouTube about how it will proceed on the platform.
