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The company does not detail what engineering problem was incorrectly flagging videos, but it does lay out a vision statement for how it wants Restricted Mode to operate.
YouTube in March admitted and apologized for the error, addressing the community via a blog post that explained how Restricted Mode works.
It has also addressed another issue with YouTube's flagging system, and is now offering a form that allows creators and viewers to alert YouTube when a video is inappropriately excluded from Restricted Mode via its automated systems.
A YouTube spokesperson also sent a canned statement to TechCrunch that said "Restricted Mode is an optional feature used by a very small subset of users who want to have a more limited YouTube experience.
Restricted Mode was originally created to give public institutions like libraries and schools the ability to prevent people from watching mature content like porn or graphic violence on their computers.
According to YouTube, Restricted Mode relies on "community flagging, age-restrictions, and other signals to identify and filter out potentially inappropriate content".
With YouTube, for example, Restricted Mode is often enabled on school computers or in libraries.
Fixing Restricted Mode, however, isn't simply about adjusting its system.
LGBTQ+ videos are available in Restricted Mode, but videos that discuss more sensitive issues may not be.
As a result, 12 million additional videos are now available in Restricted Mode, including "hundreds of thousands featuring LGBTQ+ content".
With USB Restricted Mode, an iPhone's Lightning port will lock one hour after the phone is locked.
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