Tech

YouTube Stars Panic as Site Pulls Ads Over Concerns About Pedophile Comments

‘INAPPROPRIATE’

The social media titan is struggling to stop advertisers from fleeing the site over ‘inappropriate’ comment-section behavior, including pedophilic chatter.

Will Sommer
Will Sommer 

Politics Reporter

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Will Sommer

Will Sommer

Politics Reporter

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