06/02/2018 Newsround

Hi, I'm Martin and

this is Newsround.

First, have you ever

seen anything on YouTube

or YouTube Kids that worried you?

There's been lots of reports

about videos being put up

on the site that are not

suitable for children.

Some of you have seen upsetting

videos on there when you thought

you were watching

something meant for kids.

So, as part of Safer Internet Day,

Hayley decided to ask

YouTube what's going on.

Chardonnay, Lamar, Molly,

Siddique and Umema invited me

to their school to tell me

about their experiences on YouTube.

So we asked Katie

to come and meet us.

She's the director of policy

for Google who own YouTube.

So, first of all, can you tell us

how you are going to make it as safe

as possible for kids?

We've actually built a whole

new platform called YouTube Kids

where we take the best content,

the stuff that you're most

interested in, and put it

on there in a packaged-up place

just for kids.

These kids here have got stories

to tell you about their experiences

on YouTube and YouTube Kids.

So, Chardonnay, would

you like to go first?

I was on YouTube listening to a song

and an advert came up

with scary messages.

When I was on Kids YouTube,

I was watching a child-friendly

video by a YouTuber

who was quite famous.

In the video, the YouTuber

started swearing.

When I was on YouTube,

I logged into a kid-friendly video

about slime and a scary image popped

up of a clown with blood on it.

I felt really scared and I couldn't

sleep that day and I feel YouTube

should check the videos

because there are lots of children

from very different ages watching.

I think YouTube should watch it

before we watch it so kids

like me don't get scared.

All these guys have been upset

or hurt in some way by what they've

seen on YouTube and Kids YouTube,

so what have you got to say to them?

We don't want anyone to have a tough

or bad experience and we work really

hard to make sure people can see

the kind of content we want.

So I'm really sorry for all

of you who have had good experiences

on YouTube but also had bad

or tough experiences.

Isn't that too late for the kids?

They are seeing dangerous things

on YouTube and YouTube Kids.

Surely you have a responsibility

to check these things before

any child sees them?

We have a responsibility to make

sure that the platform can

survive and can thrive

and so that we have a collection

of content that comes

from around the world on there,

and we want people to be able to do

that in a safe and responsible way.

We also know that there is a diverse

amount of content on YouTube,

as there is on the wider internet,

and it wouldn't be fair if I sat

here and said to you,

"We can make it perfectly safe."

But things are still going wrong.

Kids are still seeing

things on Kids YouTube

that are inappropriate.

Do you need to work harder?

Do you need to do more?

Absolutely, we need to do more.

We need to do more to make sure

children are able to experience

the internet in a way that they feel

confident of, in a way

that they feel safe,

in a way that they feel

they can flag content

that isn't correct and they can

get their education and support

from us and from wider family

and friends and school too.

All these kids here have been

quite hurt and upset.

Some of them have not been

able to sleep at night

after what they saw on YouTube.

Would you like to take this

opportunity to say sorry to them

and other kids who might have

seen anything disturbing?

I find it very tough to hear that

you've seen and experienced things

that you didn't want to and that

you found really difficult on there.

I would really like to make

sure that that doesn't

happen again and I'm very,

very sorry for any hurt

or discomfort that you found

because that's not nice,

at any age.

While we're talking about staying

safe online, we know things

you see and hear online can

hurt your feelings or confuse you.

But that doesn't mean

you need to be scared.

Own It is a new BBC

website which can help.

So, head to bbc.com/ownit

for real-life stories,

advice from experts,

fun quizzes, and videos

with celebs and vloggers.

Next, 100 years ago today,

a change in the law gave women

in the UK the right to vote

in general elections

for the very first time.

They still didn't have the same

voting rights as men,

but this date marked an important

step towards getting equality

between men and women.

But what does equality mean?

We spoke to four women

to see what they say.

It means that if the boys can do

it, you can do it too.

Equality to me means listening

to everybody and valuing

what they have to say,

no matter who they are.

I think my very favourite

description of equality comes

from an indigenous tribe

in Latin America where they say,

our tribe is like an eagle,

an eagle has two wings,

one is male, one is female,

only when the two wings are equal

will our tribe fly true.

Equality to me means having equal

rights between both men and women

or whatever gender you identify as.

Equality is super important

to me and it should be

for all of you watching Newsround.

The reason is because

we do not have it yet.

If we don't consider

the voices of half the world,

we just miss out on the voices

of half the population.

I see it loads in school where girls

can't act the same way as boys or do

the same things and then they get

personally attacked by boys

and that's not really cool.

It's really important,

I think, that we live

in a society that's fair.

If you are gay, if you are not

white, lots of people

are still fighting to have equality.

We've got a long way

to go, but we are going

in the right direction.

And if you want to know about this

subject, then head online

where we've made some great videos

you can watch.

That's it from me.

We'll be back at 4.20, bye.

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