Tips for committing suicide are appearing in children's cartoons on YouTube and the YouTube Kids app.
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?
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Tuesday February 26 2019, @08:53PM
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Those are two unrelated things.
A children's video is intended for an audience of children. That's what a children's video is. Some topics, like putting suicide instructions into a child's video, might be a funny joke for an episode of South Park, but the intended audience of South Park (hopefully) is not children. (And I haven't watched it for over ten years now.)
Letting children roam busy streets or YouTube unsupervised is a lack of parental responsibility.
Also the internet is not a babysitter. Back in the day, a VHS tape could entertain a child for a short time. Today the internet seems to be used for that, but with no upper limit on time. Here's a bright shiny kid's tablet, have fun!
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