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 evidence session on March 10th is part of the Culture, Media and Sport Committee’s children’s TV and video content inquiry, which recently 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.

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