Google Apps admins get new controls over YouTube content

As Google continues to extend their reach into the corporate, education and enterprise environments by providing a full stack of services through their Google Apps platforms, they have rolled out a new tool today to help admin achieve a little more control over content accessible by their users. The latest update involves YouTube and gives Google Apps admins the ability to restrict YouTube content their users can access.

Google Apps admins already have several controls and options available to them to manage what Google services may be available to users on their networks. The ability to manage content and access is being pushed down into the YouTube app with this update instead of a simple on/off dichotomy for access to YouTube. The update appears to not only affect what videos can be viewed, but will even shape search results and the “recommendations” list.

YouTube does provide a way for admins to tag certain users as “unrestricted” which will let them bypass any network-level restrictions imposed on YouTube content that can be accessed. These superusers and admins will also have the ability to “whitelist” videos so they can be accessed by users who might otherwise be blocked. Admins can also set up different groups or units which may have differing levels of access to content.

Google says the update started rolling out on Monday and should take 1-3 days to appear as an option for administrators.

source: Google
via: VentureBeat

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