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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?


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  • (Score: 2) by DannyB on Wednesday February 27 2019, @02:51PM

    by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday February 27 2019, @02:51PM (#807614) Journal

    It's not a filter.

    YouTube promised that this children's section would be Curated.

    Now we see obviously that it is not curated.

    This could have the very bad effect of causing a tiny little crack that leads to bigger cracks. OMG some people might begin to have the faintest doubts that google is not evil.

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