YouTube to expand teams reviewing extremist content

San Francisco

ALPHABET Inc's YouTube said on Monday it plans to add more people next year to identify inappropriate content as the company responds to criticism over extremist, violent and disturbing videos and comments.

YouTube has developed automated software to identify videos linked to extremism and now is aiming to do the same with clips that portray hate speech or are unsuitable for children.

Uploaders whose videos are flagged by the software may be ineligible for generating ad revenue.

But amid stepped-up enforcement, the company has received complaints from video uploaders that the software is error-…