There were two videos on the platform which showedTesla drivers conducting amateur vehicle safety tests using their own children in place of mannequins.
The tests were to see if the new driver assistance systems of the car would be able to avoid colliding with pedestrians.
After CNBC reached out, a YouTube spokeswoman wrote in an email.
The videos raised to us by CNBC violated our harmful and dangerous policies and we removed the content.
There is a specific policy regarding harmful and dangerous content. When it's aware of videos that encourage dangerous or illegal activities, the company takes them down. The spokesman said, "We don't allow content showing or encouraging minor in harmful situations that may lead to injury."
The standard package of driver assistance systems in the U.S. is called Autopilot, and the premium option is called Full Self- Driving. If a driver attains a high score on the company's in-vehicle safety tests, they will be able to try out the Full Self-DrivingBeta program.
It's not safe to use a car without a driver behind the steering wheel, attentive to the road, and able to steer, brake, or accelerate on short notice. The autopilot systems do not make cars autonomously, according to the owners manual.
Tad Park, an investor in Musk's company, drove a Model 3 vehicle at eight miles per hour towards one of his children on a road in the San Francisco Bay Area.
The video had tens of thousands of views before it was taken down byYouTube. The self-drive technology developer and operator is owned byAlphabet.
The portfolio manager of the VCAR is Park. Park believes in his investments and has experience with the product. We made sure that kids were never in danger.
Park wrote, "First we tried on a mannequin, then we tried with a basketball player, and finally one kid stood and my other kid crossed the street."
He said the car traveled less than eight miles an hour and that they made sure the car recognized the kid. I was ready to take over if the system failed. If the car wasn't slowing down enough, I was going to have to stop.
The tests were conducted in response to a national advertising campaign from Dan O'Dowd, the founder of the software company.
The video was posted on a channel called Whole Mars Catalog, which is run by a shareholder and major promoter of the company. Musk frequently interacts with Qazi on his social media accounts.
CNBC asked the California Department of Motor Vehicles and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration if the videos were safe.
It could be dangerous for anyone to try to test vehicle technologies on their own, according to NHTSA. People should not risk their lives to test the performance of vehicle technology.
According to the agency, no vehicle available for purchase today is capable of driving itself.
As advanced vehicle technologies become more widely available, the California Department of Motor Vehicles is concerned about the potential for driver misunderstanding or misuse of these features.
The California Department of Motor Vehicles has accusedTesla of engaging in deceptive marketing or false advertising. There is a lengthy safety review of the technology.
The police in the town where Park conducted the test drive did not reply in time. A request for comment was not returned byTesla.
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