Tuesday 10 March, 10am,
Committee Room 16, Palace of Westminster
Senior executives from YouTube will face questions from MPs on
what the company is doing to ensure young people can find
high-quality content on its platform, which according to Ofcom is now
the most used app or site by children of all ages.
The session is part of the Culture, Media and Sport
Committee's children's TV and video
content inquiry, which last week heard from the BBC about the
implications of the shift away from linear television viewing.
The witnesses are likely to face question about the prominence
YouTube gives to content from public service broadcasters (PSBs).
They could also be asked about the commercial terms offered to
PSBs for high quality children's content.
The session is also likely to feature discussion about the health
and wellbeing aspects of children's content, including YouTube's
approach to parental controls and the provision of educational
content on the platform.
The Committee previously took
evidence from Children's Laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce
and Greg Childs from the Children's Media Foundation, and held
sessions on the challenges faced by
those producing content and the health, learning and
development aspects of what children watch and how they watch
it.
Witnesses
At 10am
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Dr Garth Graham MD, Director and Global Head
of Health, YouTube
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Mairi Brewis, Head of Media Co and
Responsibility Partnerships, YouTube UK
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Alex Rawle, Head of Public Policy, YouTube UK
ENDS
YouTube's written submission to the Committee's inquiry is
available here.
