Why You Should Block Adult Content on YouTube<\/h2>\n
YouTube hosts content for every age group, and its recommendation system can sometimes surface videos that are not suitable.<\/p>\n
Without proper restrictions:<\/p>\n
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- Children can access mature content<\/li>\n
- Suggested videos may drift into unsafe categories<\/li>\n
- Searches may return inappropriate results<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
This makes it important to configure controls correctly, especially on shared devices.<\/p>\n
Enable YouTube Restricted Mode<\/h2>\n
This is the most important YouTube setting which is most commonly used to block or restrict adult content.<\/p>\n
If you are logged into YouTube<\/a>,\u00a0 you can click on your profile icon<\/strong> which you see in the top right corner and a drop-down menu will open.<\/p>\n
Check the status of restricted content.<\/p>\n
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<\/p>\nBy default, restricted content will be off.<\/p>\n
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<\/p>\nYou can choose to activate restricted mode on YouTube by clicking on the slide toggle icon and this will ensure that mature videos are blocked and not shown in your YouTube stream.<\/p>\n
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<\/p>\nThe important thing to note is that the restricted mode on YouTube will only be device-specific<\/strong>,\u00a0 which means if you block YouTube mature content on your browser, then it will work on your computer only and not on your mobile phone.\u00a0 That means you have to activate restricted mode in YouTube on all your devices where you plan to stop adult content from displaying on YouTube.<\/p>\n
Another important disclaimer that they make while activating the YouTube setting is that no filter is 100% accurate and some mature Youtube videos may still skip these filters so they are not 100% foolproof but will work to a large extent. Thus, this setting filters out most mature content, although it is not perfect.\u00a0This is a similar disclaimer if you want to block Amazon Prime<\/a> or block Netflix<\/a>.<\/p>\n
Lock Youtube Restricted Mode: Stop Youtube Adult Videos<\/h2>\n
Simply activating YouTube restricted mode is of no value to you unless you decide to lock restricted mode, as your kids can go and unblock YouTube from the YouTube settings as it is easy to access it.<\/span><\/p>\n
I tried searching around for the link to lock restricted mode,\u00a0 but I could not find any. Actually, you have to click on the text that you see in the pop-up window which I have shown above – \u201cLock restricted mode on this browser<\/strong>\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n
Clicking on this will take you to your Google account login where you need to log in once again with your username and password and it will come back to the same window but this time it will show that restricted mode is locked.<\/span><\/p>\n
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<\/p>\nIt is notable that there is no toggle switch now with which you can change this restricted mode setting anymore and adult YouTube content is permanently locked until you decide to log into your settings again via your Google login and unlock restricted mode.<\/span><\/p>\n
Use YouTube Kids for Better Control<\/h2>\n
If you are setting up YouTube for children, using YouTube Kids<\/a> is a better option.<\/p>\n
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<\/p>\nIt provides a controlled environment with curated content and additional parental controls.<\/p>\n
Set Up Supervised Accounts<\/h2>\n
Google now allows supervised accounts for younger users.\u00a0You can manage them here: https:\/\/families.google.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n
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<\/p>\nThis lets you control search and watch settings, limit content categories and monitor activity.<\/p>\n
Thus, Restricted Mode helps, but it works best when combined with other controls. Use Restricted Mode on all devices. Prefer YouTube Kids for younger users. Enable supervised accounts for better control. These together create a much safer viewing environment.<\/p>\n
We like to turn on Google Safe Search to block adult content on Google<\/a> as well as block adult content on Bing<\/a>, the default browser in Microsoft Edge Browser.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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