Bestiality images found on YouTube just hours after it boasted about removing 8.3 million offensive videos (GOOGL)

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• BuzzFeed found videos being promoted on YouTube which featured thumbnails containing graphic bestiality.
• YouTube has removed many of the offensive videos, but a cursory search by Business Insider returned other disturbing thumbnails and sinister videos promoted by the 'Up Next' algorithm.
• YouTube said the thumbnails were "abhorrent" and stressed it is doing "more than ever to tackle abuse."
• The revelations come just hours after YouTube boasted it had removed 8.3 million offensive videos last year.

Bestiality images were found on YouTube just hours after the company boasted about removing 8.3 million offensive videos.

BuzzFeed News uncovered countless explicit thumbnails of women engaging in sexual acts with horses and dogs, which are being used to spike views for videos that are actually fairly innocent in nature. The videos in question have amassed millions of views, BuzzFeed said.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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