YouTube detects actress Park Bo-young's vlog as child video

A picture of actress Park Bo-young's YouTube video. / Screen capture from YouTube

By Lee Gyu-lee

Actress Park Bo-young's video was detected as a child video by YouTube's system, briefly disabling the comment section.

The 30-year-old actress' YouTube fan channel “Bovely” uploaded her V Live streaming video on the platform, May 30.

In a six-minute video, she shares stories about her hobby farm and interacts with fans, reading comments on the streaming service.

However, shortly after the video was posted on YouTube, the comments were blocked, for which the channel's owner explained that Park was identified as underage.

“YouTube turned off the comment section because it recognized this as children's content. Sorry for causing inconvenience,” the user explained.

Since last year, the streaming giant has removed comment sections for videos featuring minors and the ones intended for children. It also revealed it had launched an advanced algorithm to classify and remove automatically predatory comments toward children.