YouTube’s restricted mode will not block LGBTI content any longer

YouTube said they’ve fixed the Restricted Mode that blocks some LGBTI content.

The filter, which blocks content deemed not be ‘family friend,’ came under fire a few weeks ago for blocking seemingly harmless content.

Gay YouTuber Calum McSwiggan turned on the family filter and discovered all of his videos except for one disappeared.

Other YouTube personalities noticed the same thing, with content discussing LGBTI sexuality filtered out.

But in a statement released on Friday, YouTube said: ‘[W]e fixed an issue that was incorrectly filtering videos.’

It continued: ‘We want to clarify that Restricted Mode should not filter out content belonging to individuals or groups based on certain attributes like gender, gender identity, political viewpoints, race, religion or sexual orientation.

‘Now 12 million additional videos of all types — including hundreds of thousands featuring LGBTQ+ content — are available in Restricted Mode,’ the statement clarified.

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