"Part of YouTube's system for reporting sexualised comments left on children's videos has not been functioning correctly for more than a year, say volunteer moderators."

Investigators located a fault in a tool that enables the public to report abuse, but youtube deny saying it has no technical problems with its reporting mechanism, reviewing vast majority of reports within twenty-four hours.

But there are about 100,000 predatory accounts that had posted indecent comments on videos. Even if reports have been made, the associated links might be missing from the report. YouTube employees could see a definite account had been reported, but had no way of knowing which specific comments were being flagged.

On Wednesday, November 23, 2017, the company announced new measures to protect children on the site.


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