Stories
Slash Boxes
Comments

SoylentNews is people

posted by Fnord666 on Tuesday February 26 2019, @05:31PM   Printer-friendly
from the serious-mental-health-issues dept.

Tips for committing suicide are appearing in children's cartoons on YouTube and the YouTube Kids app.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/02/youtube-kids-cartoons-include-tips-for-committing-suicide-docs-warn/

YouTube Kids is theoretically a curated collection of videos that are safe for kids. Apparently, someone forgot to tell YouTube/Google that. Sure, YouTube probably has some butt covering clause in their EULA. That doesn't excuse such an oversight, though. It's very easy to see overworked, stressed parents, giving their kids access to YouTube/YouTube Kids. Kids have enough to deal with, without having to deal with grown-ups twisted thoughts. This seems more like insidious minds at work to me. What do you think?


Original Submission

 
This discussion has been archived. No new comments can be posted.
Display Options Threshold/Breakthrough Mark All as Read Mark All as Unread
The Fine Print: The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. We are not responsible for them in any way.
  • (Score: 3, Informative) by takyon on Tuesday February 26 2019, @05:38PM (3 children)

    by takyon (881) <reversethis-{gro ... s} {ta} {noykat}> on Tuesday February 26 2019, @05:38PM (#807089) Journal
    --
    [SIG] 10/28/2017: Soylent Upgrade v14 [soylentnews.org]
    Starting Score:    1  point
    Moderation   +1  
       Informative=1, Total=1
    Extra 'Informative' Modifier   0  
    Karma-Bonus Modifier   +1  

    Total Score:   3  
  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 26 2019, @06:53PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 26 2019, @06:53PM (#807162)

    If you watch that video a bit longer they make an *interesting accusation*:

    Perhaps the altered video was made by the Bark Parental Control App.

    In that case, no problem, we have a corporation doing the needful to generate market for their products. /s

  • (Score: 2) by driverless on Wednesday February 27 2019, @01:16AM

    by driverless (4770) on Wednesday February 27 2019, @01:16AM (#807398)

    with the clip spliced in at four minutes and forty-four seconds

    That's nothing compared to what I've found spliced into clips at four minutes twenty seconds.