Hong Kong (CNN Business) Nestle and other major companies have pulled their ads from YouTube after a video blogger raised concerns that pedophiles were using the platform to trade information and draw attention to clips of young girls. In a 20-minute video that has been viewed about 1.9 million times since Sunday, blogger Matt Watson said the comments sections on some YouTube posts that featured girls performing things like gymnastics or yoga were being exploited by "a soft-core pedophilia ring." Google GOOGL carried ads for top brands including Disney DIS The videos themselves appeared to have been made with innocent intentions. But some users made suggestive comments and highlighted moments in which girls were in "compromising positions," according to Watson. He said some of the videos on the platform, which is owned bycarried ads for top brands includingNestle NSRGF , the owner of brands like Kit-Kat and Nespresso, decided to "pause" its advertising on YouTube after some of its ads were shown on videos "where inappropriate comments were being made," a company spokesperson said.

Source: CNN February 21, 2019 08:37 UTC