A vlogger said he had discovered a
YouTube will disable comments on videos featuring children, after a vlogger alleged he had found instances of paedophiles targeting videos of young girls on the site.
The video-sharing platform said it had suspended comments on tens of millions of videos over the past week which «could be at risk of attracting predatory behaviour».
US-based vlogger Matt Watson, who runs the channel MattsWhatItIs, claimed he had discovered a «wormhole» into a «soft-core paedophile ring».
In a video posted to the platform, he said paedophiles were providing links to child pornography, sharing contact details and trading unlisted videos in the comment sections underneath videos.
Many of the videos being targeted are «innocuous» and legal, showing children performing everyday activities at home.
Watson also alleged the site’s ‘recommended’ feature, which directs users to similar videos, was «facilitating» the predators’ ability to connect with each other.
