Two videos showing the use of children to conduct vehicle safety tests have been taken down from the platform.
The tests were to prove that the autopilot and full self-driving software of the company would be able to detect pedestrians and children.
The CNBC report said that the videos were taken off the platform because they showed a minor participating in dangerous activities. One of the companies owned by the parent company is YouTube.
The videos posted by investors were in response to a TV ad by the Dawn Project, an organization aiming to ban unsafe software from safety critical systems. A full-page ad in The New York Times in January called Green Hill Software's product "the worst software ever sold by a Fortune 500 company"
Tad Park posted a video on August 14 that showed him driving a Model 3 vehicle at eight miles per hour towards one of his children on a San Francisco road. The video had a lot of hits before it was taken down.
Park told CNBC that he was ready to take over at any time. He posted a video that showed the car slowing down and not killing or hurting anyone.
Features like traffic-aware cruise control, steering assist within clearly marked lanes and pedestrian detection at crosswalks are included in the autopilot feature of the cars. The Navigate on autopilot feature, which navigates a car from highway on-ramp to off- ramp and is now operational on city streets, is included in the more advanced ADAS of the company. Human drivers need to stay focused and take control of the vehicle when necessary.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is looking into a series of accidents that may have been caused by the use of the ADAS system. Last week, the federal agency updated an ongoing probe into 830,000 cars and trucks equipped with autopilot to learn more about how the cabin camera determines if a driver isn't paying attention.
At the state level, Autopilot and FSD have come under scrutiny. In late July, the California Department of Motor Vehicles filed complaints against the company, accusing them of false advertising.
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