YouTube hides dislike counts from videos to avoid harassment and ‘dislike bombing’

By Christopher Hutton

Published November 12, 2021 4:31pm ET

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YouTube dislikes online harassment, with the company announcing it will eliminate the ‘thumbs down’ button.

The company will remove the dislike counter from all videos, YouTube announced Wednesday. Users can still hit the dislike button on videos they take issue with, but the number of dislikes will not be publicly visible. Creators will still be able to see the count.

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