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Popular video streaming app YouTube is widely popular across the globe for its content library and unique features. And to enhance this experience for teens, the company is introducing a fresh set of changes. For starters, the video giant added that it classified themes of content that might be "innocuous" when viewed once but might turn "problematic" for teens during prolonged viewing across diverse categories.

Among the categories highlighted in the blog are content that idealises certain physical features, fitness types, body weights and more. The company is limiting the repeated recommendations of such content for teens in the United States. More countries will be added to the list in 2024.

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YouTube also said that it is ramping up features like Take A Break and Bedtime reminders to make them more noticeable visually and present them more frequently, especially for viewers aged below 18 years. They will appear as full-screen prompts with the default choice to remind a user to take breaks after every 60 minutes.

YouTube's Take A Break Reminder (Image:YouTube) 

Thirdly, the company is also expanding its crisis resource panels to a full-page view to let users learn more about help when they search for topics such as "suicide, self-harm, and eating disorders." YouTube will also suggest prompts to divert queries to topics including "self-compassion" and more. It is now available for all users where crisis resource panels are live.

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The video firm also added that it is coordinating with the World Health Organization (WHO) and Common Sense Networks to develop resources and standards for teens and their online well-being. It is working to frame educational resources for responsible video creation online.

The content will revolve around the development of safe online habits, framing empathetic content and awareness and guidance to approach comments and other online activity. Plus, it is also working around mental health resources.