YouTube has come under fire lately from parents who think some of the content on the popular website is unsuitable for their kids.
So YouTube has decided to make their site safer.
CBS News correspondent Kelly Wallace has their exclusive response.
Type in the word “sex” on YouTube and you'll get millions of hits... including countless provocative videos that have parents like Marsali Hancock concerned. Her 14-year-old daughter Rachel spends at least two hours a day, sometimes as many as five, on YouTube.
Marsali, who is president of an internet safety advocacy group, was one of several parents who started complaining to YouTube nearly two years ago, urging the company to do more to protect teens like Rachel from seeing sexually explicit, violent, and dangerous videos, like this one promoting anorexia, while still allowing her to enjoy the site.
Not anymore. In response to consumer concerns, this morning YouTube's adding new parental controls, allowing parents to block videos flagged as inappropriate for young teens. But with millions of videos on YouTube the filtering will be a challenge.
That's good news for teens like Rachel.
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