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Suicide Instructions Spliced into Kids’ Cartoons on YouTube and YouTube Kids

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

Freeman writes:

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?

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  • (Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 26 2019, @05:55PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 26 2019, @05:55PM (#807111)

    They need to turn on the webcams of these devices (require one to be attached for the video to play) and watch the faces of the children. If the child appears disturbed then the appropriate authority is alerted and an agent dispatched to the house to investigate the living conditions the parents are providing for their children. Since a record of each video watched per child must be kept this will make it convenient to tax the parents per video to pay for this service. Alternatively, the child can be taxed for each video when they turn 19.

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  • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Tuesday February 26 2019, @06:02PM (1 child)

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday February 26 2019, @06:02PM (#807118) Journal

    Seriously? If the kids are getting a regular diet of this kind of shit, they won't show signs of being disturbed when they see it again.

    And, why would any parent want some potential pedo watching their children while they watch cartoons? Taxes? So - you're seeing potential profit in all of this. Got it.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 26 2019, @11:18PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 26 2019, @11:18PM (#807324)

      Wooooooosh