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YouTube is 15 years old, and it’s safe to say it’s definitely still in its awkward teen years. The video sharing platform created by PayPal alumni Jawed Karim, Steve Chen, and Chad Hurley has revolutionized digital video, reaching more than 2 billion visitors per month and over a billion hours of video watched every day.
While YouTube’s growth has generated a new class of millionaires and celebrities, the platform’s growing pains, and oftentimes contentious relationship with its creators, hasn’t eased over the years. From demonetization backlash to becoming a gateway for potential child endangerment, YouTube, like many digital companies, is having to wrestle with how to police the community it’s built around.