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Companies Halt YouTube Ads Following Reports of Commenter Pedophile Network

Companies are pulling their advertising campaigns from YouTube amid reports that a network of pedophiles is openly operating in the comments sections of videos of young children, Bloomberg reported Wednesday.

Disney and Nestl are among those who have reportedly yanked spending after a YouTube video surfaced the ongoing problem.

These videos, which are monetized by the company, are flooded with comments by apparent pedophiles who trade contact information and links to child pornography.

Wired was able to replicate Watsons claims and said the videos it encountered often included little girls playing, swimming, or eating popsicles, and in some cases more graphic content. Once some of these videos are viewed, Wired said YouTubes algorithm surfaces videos that appear to be popular with other pedophiles.In many cases, the site reported, videos of young children to which pre-roll ads are attached have racked up hundreds of thousands and even millions of views.

Companies are now opting to distance themselves from the controversy by either contacting YouTube about the problem or pulling the plug on ad campaigns entirely.

Bloomberg cited sources who claimed Disney has followed suit, though the company did not immediately return a request for comment.

The company said at the time that it was working to fix the issue, but it appears to remain a pervasive problem on the site.

The spokesperson added that YouTube is reporting any illegal comments to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.

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