Blog #66: YouTube promotes pornography on popular channels

The consequences will be unpredictable when adult content is shown to minors and children.

An erotic advertisement appeared on popular YouTube videos such as Pew Die Die, Markiplier and Dude Perfect. The incident is sparking protests on social networking, according to Motherboard .

The ad shows a dancing girl, but on the left is a link called "Hot Girl 2018" which directs the user to a pornographic site, with a picture of a pair of men and women having sex.

According to the link, a YouTube channel called "1,347.852 views", uploaded four videos with the same content promoting the girl dancing, with a photo of a mother holding her. children. One of the videos posted "Sequence 01 2" is the video that appears in the ad. This video has over 330,000 views.

Ad video appears on YouTube's series of featured videos.

Many Twitter users expressed dissatisfaction with YouTube's management capabilities. When searching for the keyword "YouTube porn ad", a series of tweet express anger with the incident.

According to Australia's News.au.com , the advertisement also includes a link to BongaCams, a popular website dedicated to stripping live streams in Europe.

This video has been removed from YouTube.

Many Twitter users are angry when they see pornographic ads on YouTube.
This is not the first time YouTube has come up with a scandal when it comes to malicious content on its platform.

By the end of November 1974, Lidl, Diageo, Mars Inc, Deutsche Bank AG, Adidas AG and many others had withdrawn their ads from YouTube, following the investigation of The Times in England. Show on inappropriate videos.

YouTube also removed ads for over 2 million videos with inappropriate content for children, and investigated search results containing clues.