In August 2023, YouTube gave users a way to get rid of video recommendations on their home page by switching off their watch history. YouTube didn’t state the reason for the change, but it came just months after a TTP report detailing how YouTube recommended hundreds of gun-related videos to the home pages of young gamer accounts—and gave them no way to turn off the recommendations.
Changed Policy
September 20, 2023
YouTube Gives Option to Disable Video Recommendations
YouTube Gives Option to Disable Video Recommendations
September 20, 2023
Top stories_
September 8, 2026
TTP has found more than 300 ads with child sexual abuse material that ran on Facebook and Instagram. Some include images of real children.
August 18, 2026
As social media bans for kids under 16 gain momentum around the world, Meta is exporting its U.S. influence tactics to undermine them.
June 11, 2026
The U.S. imposes economic sanctions on an array of Iranian officials and groups. YouTube is providing channels to many of them and running ads on their videos.
April 22, 2026
Apple is positioning the Apple Watch as a health monitoring tool. It wants Washington’s help to get more Americans to buy them.