Youtube Removes Videos From Tesla Investors Using Children In Fsd Beta Test

Source: Tesla YouTube has removed a pair of videos from its platform that showed Tesla drivers performing amateur vehicle safety tests using their own children instead of road or street mannequins. The tests were to determine whether a slow-moving Tesla equipped with the company’s latest driver assistance systems would automatically avoid colliding with pedestrians—in this case, children—walking or standing still in the road. After being contacted by CNBC, a YouTube spokeswoman, Elena Hernandez, wrote in an e-mail Friday night: “YouTube does not allow content that shows a minor participating in dangerous activities or encourages minors to do dangerous activities. After review, we found that the videos shown to us by CNBC violated our Harmful and Dangerous Policies and therefore removed content.” The specific policy that YouTube mentioned deals with harmful and dangerous content. The company removes videos that encourage dangerous or illegal activities that risk serious bodily harm or death when it becomes aware of them. The spokesperson said: “Specifically, we do not allow content that shows or encourages minors in harmful situations that could lead to injury, including dangerous stunts, daring or pranks.” Tesla offers its driver assistance systems in the US as a standard package called Autopilot and a premium option called Full Self-Driving (or FSD) that costs $12,000 up front or $199 per month. It’s also offering some drivers access to an experimental program called Full Self-Driving Beta if they score highly in the company’s in-vehicle safety tests. None of these systems make Tesla cars self-driving, nor safe to use without a driver behind the wheel, alert to the road and able to steer, brake or accelerate at short notice. Tesla owner’s manuals warn drivers that the systems do not make their cars autonomous.

Driver: “I was ready to take over at any time”

In a video posted on Sunday, August 14, Tesla owner and investor in the Elon Musk-led company, Tad Park, drove a Model 3 vehicle at eight miles per hour toward one of his children on a street in the Bay Area of San Francisco. The video had tens of thousands of views before YouTube, a division of Alphabet’s Google, removed it. Alphabet also owns Waymo, the autonomous vehicle technology developer and robotaxi operator. Park is the CEO of Volt Equity and a portfolio manager of an ETF focused on self-driving technology called VCAR. “I’ve experienced the product myself and I believe in my investments,” Park told CNBC. “We have taken extensive safety precautions so that children are never at risk.” In a follow-up email, Park wrote, “First we tried a mannequin, then we tried a tall basketball player, then finally one kid stopped and the other kid crossed my path.” He said the car never traveled more than eight miles an hour and explained: “We made sure the car recognized the child. Even if the system failed completely, I was ready to take over at any time. I had a sense of when I would need to brake if the car didn’t slow down enough.” Park conducted the tests in part as a counter to a national advertising campaign by software company founder Dan O’Dowd that criticized Tesla’s driver assistance features. The video, which has now been removed, was posted on a YouTube channel called Whole Mars Catalog, run by Omar Qazi, a Tesla shareholder and major social media supporter. Tesla CEO Elon Musk frequently interacts with the blog and Qazi on Twitter. In addition to YouTube, CNBC reached out to the California DMV and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to ask whether such videos are safe or legal. NHTSA said on August 16, “NHTSA advises the public that it could be extremely dangerous for anyone to attempt to test vehicle technologies on their own. No one should risk their life or the life of anyone else to test their performance vehicle technology.” The agency also noted, “As NHTSA has consistently stated, no vehicle available for purchase today can drive itself. The most advanced vehicle technologies available for purchase today provide driver assistance and require a fully attentive human driver at all times performing driving and monitoring the surrounding environment’. The California DMV told CNBC via email: “As advanced vehicle technologies become more widely available, the DMV shares the same concerns as other traffic safety stakeholders about the potential for driver misunderstanding or misuse of these features. The DMV has previously indicated to Tesla and continues to emphasize the importance of providing clear and effective communication to customers, purchasers and the general public regarding the capabilities, limitations and intended use of any vehicle technology.” The California DMV recently alleged that Tesla engaged in misleading marketing or false advertising regarding its driver assistance systems. It’s also in the middle of a lengthy review of the safety of Tesla’s technology, including the FSD Beta. Police in the city where Park conducted the test drive did not respond in time for publication. Tesla did not immediately return a request for comment.

title: “Youtube Removes Videos From Tesla Investors Using Children In Fsd Beta Test Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-02” author: “Benjamin Linares”

Source: Tesla YouTube has removed a pair of videos from its platform that showed Tesla drivers performing amateur vehicle safety tests using their own children instead of road or street mannequins. The tests were to determine whether a slow-moving Tesla equipped with the company’s latest driver assistance systems would automatically avoid colliding with pedestrians—in this case, children—walking or standing still in the road. After being contacted by CNBC, a YouTube spokeswoman, Elena Hernandez, wrote in an e-mail Friday night: “YouTube does not allow content that shows a minor participating in dangerous activities or encourages minors to do dangerous activities. After review, we found that the videos shown to us by CNBC violated our Harmful and Dangerous Policies and therefore removed content.” The specific policy that YouTube mentioned deals with harmful and dangerous content. The company removes videos that encourage dangerous or illegal activities that risk serious bodily harm or death when it becomes aware of them. The spokesperson said: “Specifically, we do not allow content that shows or encourages minors in harmful situations that could lead to injury, including dangerous stunts, daring or pranks.” Tesla offers its driver assistance systems in the US as a standard package called Autopilot and a premium option called Full Self-Driving (or FSD) that costs $12,000 up front or $199 per month. It’s also offering some drivers access to an experimental program called Full Self-Driving Beta if they score highly in the company’s in-vehicle safety tests. None of these systems make Tesla cars self-driving, nor safe to use without a driver behind the wheel, alert to the road and able to steer, brake or accelerate at short notice. Tesla owner’s manuals warn drivers that the systems do not make their cars autonomous.

Driver: “I was ready to take over at any time”

In a video posted on Sunday, August 14, Tesla owner and investor in the Elon Musk-led company, Tad Park, drove a Model 3 vehicle at eight miles per hour toward one of his children on a street in the Bay Area of San Francisco. The video had tens of thousands of views before YouTube, a division of Alphabet’s Google, removed it. Alphabet also owns Waymo, the autonomous vehicle technology developer and robotaxi operator. Park is the CEO of Volt Equity and a portfolio manager of an ETF focused on self-driving technology called VCAR. “I’ve experienced the product myself and I believe in my investments,” Park told CNBC. “We have taken extensive safety precautions so that children are never at risk.” In a follow-up email, Park wrote, “First we tried a mannequin, then we tried a tall basketball player, then finally one kid stopped and the other kid crossed my path.” He said the car never traveled more than eight miles an hour and explained: “We made sure the car recognized the child. Even if the system failed completely, I was ready to take over at any time. I had a sense of when I would need to brake if the car didn’t slow down enough.” Park conducted the tests in part as a counter to a national advertising campaign by software company founder Dan O’Dowd that criticized Tesla’s driver assistance features. The video, which has now been removed, was posted on a YouTube channel called Whole Mars Catalog, run by Omar Qazi, a Tesla shareholder and major social media supporter. Tesla CEO Elon Musk frequently interacts with the blog and Qazi on Twitter. In addition to YouTube, CNBC reached out to the California DMV and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to ask whether such videos are safe or legal. NHTSA said on August 16, “NHTSA advises the public that it could be extremely dangerous for anyone to attempt to test vehicle technologies on their own. No one should risk their life or the life of anyone else to test their performance vehicle technology.” The agency also noted, “As NHTSA has consistently stated, no vehicle available for purchase today can drive itself. The most advanced vehicle technologies available for purchase today provide driver assistance and require a fully attentive human driver at all times performing driving and monitoring the surrounding environment’. The California DMV told CNBC via email: “As advanced vehicle technologies become more widely available, the DMV shares the same concerns as other traffic safety stakeholders about the potential for driver misunderstanding or misuse of these features. The DMV has previously indicated to Tesla and continues to emphasize the importance of providing clear and effective communication to customers, purchasers and the general public regarding the capabilities, limitations and intended use of any vehicle technology.” The California DMV recently alleged that Tesla engaged in misleading marketing or false advertising regarding its driver assistance systems. It’s also in the middle of a lengthy review of the safety of Tesla’s technology, including the FSD Beta. Police in the city where Park conducted the test drive did not respond in time for publication. Tesla did not immediately return a request for comment.

title: “Youtube Removes Videos From Tesla Investors Using Children In Fsd Beta Test Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-10-26” author: “Jeffrey Acosta”

Source: Tesla YouTube has removed a pair of videos from its platform that showed Tesla drivers performing amateur vehicle safety tests using their own children instead of road or street mannequins. The tests were to determine whether a slow-moving Tesla equipped with the company’s latest driver assistance systems would automatically avoid colliding with pedestrians—in this case, children—walking or standing still in the road. After being contacted by CNBC, a YouTube spokeswoman, Elena Hernandez, wrote in an e-mail Friday night: “YouTube does not allow content that shows a minor participating in dangerous activities or encourages minors to do dangerous activities. After review, we found that the videos shown to us by CNBC violated our Harmful and Dangerous Policies and therefore removed content.” The specific policy that YouTube mentioned deals with harmful and dangerous content. The company removes videos that encourage dangerous or illegal activities that risk serious bodily harm or death when it becomes aware of them. The spokesperson said: “Specifically, we do not allow content that shows or encourages minors in harmful situations that could lead to injury, including dangerous stunts, daring or pranks.” Tesla offers its driver assistance systems in the US as a standard package called Autopilot and a premium option called Full Self-Driving (or FSD) that costs $12,000 up front or $199 per month. It’s also offering some drivers access to an experimental program called Full Self-Driving Beta if they score highly in the company’s in-vehicle safety tests. None of these systems make Tesla cars self-driving, nor safe to use without a driver behind the wheel, alert to the road and able to steer, brake or accelerate at short notice. Tesla owner’s manuals warn drivers that the systems do not make their cars autonomous.

Driver: “I was ready to take over at any time”

In a video posted on Sunday, August 14, Tesla owner and investor in the Elon Musk-led company, Tad Park, drove a Model 3 vehicle at eight miles per hour toward one of his children on a street in the Bay Area of San Francisco. The video had tens of thousands of views before YouTube, a division of Alphabet’s Google, removed it. Alphabet also owns Waymo, the autonomous vehicle technology developer and robotaxi operator. Park is the CEO of Volt Equity and a portfolio manager of an ETF focused on self-driving technology called VCAR. “I’ve experienced the product myself and I believe in my investments,” Park told CNBC. “We have taken extensive safety precautions so that children are never at risk.” In a follow-up email, Park wrote, “First we tried a mannequin, then we tried a tall basketball player, then finally one kid stopped and the other kid crossed my path.” He said the car never traveled more than eight miles an hour and explained: “We made sure the car recognized the child. Even if the system failed completely, I was ready to take over at any time. I had a sense of when I would need to brake if the car didn’t slow down enough.” Park conducted the tests in part as a counter to a national advertising campaign by software company founder Dan O’Dowd that criticized Tesla’s driver assistance features. The video, which has now been removed, was posted on a YouTube channel called Whole Mars Catalog, run by Omar Qazi, a Tesla shareholder and major social media supporter. Tesla CEO Elon Musk frequently interacts with the blog and Qazi on Twitter. In addition to YouTube, CNBC reached out to the California DMV and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to ask whether such videos are safe or legal. NHTSA said on August 16, “NHTSA advises the public that it could be extremely dangerous for anyone to attempt to test vehicle technologies on their own. No one should risk their life or the life of anyone else to test their performance vehicle technology.” The agency also noted, “As NHTSA has consistently stated, no vehicle available for purchase today can drive itself. The most advanced vehicle technologies available for purchase today provide driver assistance and require a fully attentive human driver at all times performing driving and monitoring the surrounding environment’. The California DMV told CNBC via email: “As advanced vehicle technologies become more widely available, the DMV shares the same concerns as other traffic safety stakeholders about the potential for driver misunderstanding or misuse of these features. The DMV has previously indicated to Tesla and continues to emphasize the importance of providing clear and effective communication to customers, purchasers and the general public regarding the capabilities, limitations and intended use of any vehicle technology.” The California DMV recently alleged that Tesla engaged in misleading marketing or false advertising regarding its driver assistance systems. It’s also in the middle of a lengthy review of the safety of Tesla’s technology, including the FSD Beta. Police in the city where Park conducted the test drive did not respond in time for publication. Tesla did not immediately return a request for comment.

title: “Youtube Removes Videos From Tesla Investors Using Children In Fsd Beta Test Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-26” author: “Jose Singer”

Source: Tesla YouTube has removed a pair of videos from its platform that showed Tesla drivers performing amateur vehicle safety tests using their own children instead of road or street mannequins. The tests were to determine whether a slow-moving Tesla equipped with the company’s latest driver assistance systems would automatically avoid colliding with pedestrians—in this case, children—walking or standing still in the road. After being contacted by CNBC, a YouTube spokeswoman, Elena Hernandez, wrote in an e-mail Friday night: “YouTube does not allow content that shows a minor participating in dangerous activities or encourages minors to do dangerous activities. After review, we found that the videos shown to us by CNBC violated our Harmful and Dangerous Policies and therefore removed content.” The specific policy that YouTube mentioned deals with harmful and dangerous content. The company removes videos that encourage dangerous or illegal activities that risk serious bodily harm or death when it becomes aware of them. The spokesperson said: “Specifically, we do not allow content that shows or encourages minors in harmful situations that could lead to injury, including dangerous stunts, daring or pranks.” Tesla offers its driver assistance systems in the US as a standard package called Autopilot and a premium option called Full Self-Driving (or FSD) that costs $12,000 up front or $199 per month. It’s also offering some drivers access to an experimental program called Full Self-Driving Beta if they score highly in the company’s in-vehicle safety tests. None of these systems make Tesla cars self-driving, nor safe to use without a driver behind the wheel, alert to the road and able to steer, brake or accelerate at short notice. Tesla owner’s manuals warn drivers that the systems do not make their cars autonomous.

Driver: “I was ready to take over at any time”

In a video posted on Sunday, August 14, Tesla owner and investor in the Elon Musk-led company, Tad Park, drove a Model 3 vehicle at eight miles per hour toward one of his children on a street in the Bay Area of San Francisco. The video had tens of thousands of views before YouTube, a division of Alphabet’s Google, removed it. Alphabet also owns Waymo, the autonomous vehicle technology developer and robotaxi operator. Park is the CEO of Volt Equity and a portfolio manager of an ETF focused on self-driving technology called VCAR. “I’ve experienced the product myself and I believe in my investments,” Park told CNBC. “We have taken extensive safety precautions so that children are never at risk.” In a follow-up email, Park wrote, “First we tried a mannequin, then we tried a tall basketball player, then finally one kid stopped and the other kid crossed my path.” He said the car never traveled more than eight miles an hour and explained: “We made sure the car recognized the child. Even if the system failed completely, I was ready to take over at any time. I had a sense of when I would need to brake if the car didn’t slow down enough.” Park conducted the tests in part as a counter to a national advertising campaign by software company founder Dan O’Dowd that criticized Tesla’s driver assistance features. The video, which has now been removed, was posted on a YouTube channel called Whole Mars Catalog, run by Omar Qazi, a Tesla shareholder and major social media supporter. Tesla CEO Elon Musk frequently interacts with the blog and Qazi on Twitter. In addition to YouTube, CNBC reached out to the California DMV and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to ask whether such videos are safe or legal. NHTSA said on August 16, “NHTSA advises the public that it could be extremely dangerous for anyone to attempt to test vehicle technologies on their own. No one should risk their life or the life of anyone else to test their performance vehicle technology.” The agency also noted, “As NHTSA has consistently stated, no vehicle available for purchase today can drive itself. The most advanced vehicle technologies available for purchase today provide driver assistance and require a fully attentive human driver at all times performing driving and monitoring the surrounding environment’. The California DMV told CNBC via email: “As advanced vehicle technologies become more widely available, the DMV shares the same concerns as other traffic safety stakeholders about the potential for driver misunderstanding or misuse of these features. The DMV has previously indicated to Tesla and continues to emphasize the importance of providing clear and effective communication to customers, purchasers and the general public regarding the capabilities, limitations and intended use of any vehicle technology.” The California DMV recently alleged that Tesla engaged in misleading marketing or false advertising regarding its driver assistance systems. It’s also in the middle of a lengthy review of the safety of Tesla’s technology, including the FSD Beta. Police in the city where Park conducted the test drive did not respond in time for publication. Tesla did not immediately return a request for comment.