YouTube CEO dismisses the idea of joining Meta’s multistate child safety settlement
Mohan said YouTube already has safety measures for young users as Meta presses rivals to follow its $18 billion youth-safety deal.
- On Wednesday, YouTube CEO Neal Mohan dismissed joining Meta's multistate child-safety settlement, stating the platform already has sufficient protections for young users at the annual Made on YouTube event.
- Meta agreed to an $18 billion settlement to address youth mental health claims, conditioning 70% of the payout on rivals YouTube and TikTok paying around $6 billion each and adopting similar safety changes.
- Mohan defended YouTube, telling CNN the company is a "very different platform" from Meta, emphasizing existing parental controls on Shorts and ongoing investments in child safety through third-party expert consultation.
- California Attorney General Rob Bonta stated states are prepared to take TikTok and YouTube to court if necessary to secure participation in the settlement, though his office declined further comment on Mohan's stance.
- All four companies, including Snap, continue to face hundreds of lawsuits from families and school districts. YouTube and Meta were previously found liable in a separate trial for intentionally addicting a young user.
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'We have invested in making sure that young people are safe on our platform … for a very long time,' Mohan says
YouTube CEO dismisses the idea of joining Meta’s multistate child safety settlement
By Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — YouTube CEO Neal Mohan dismissed the idea of joining Meta’s multistate settlement agreement around child safety, saying the video platform already has measures in place to protect young users.“We have invested in making sure that young people are safe on our platform… for a very long time,”
YouTube CEO Neal Mohan refuses to join Meta’s child safety settlement
YouTube does not plan to join Meta’s multistate settlement over child safety, CEO Neal Mohan said, citing measures the platform has already implemented to protect young users. “We have invested in making sure that young people are safe on our platform… for a very long time,” Mohan told CNN. “What you should expect from YouTube is continuing to focus on those things.” Mohan made the comments during a meeting with reporters at YouTube’s annual Mad…
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