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Fnord666
on Tuesday February 26 2019, @05:31PM
from the serious-mental-health-issues dept.
from the serious-mental-health-issues dept.
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?
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Everything you know is wrong!
(Score: 2) by takyon on Wednesday February 27 2019, @04:26PM
I think we both know that it's different this time.
The web has it all. It's a medium that allows kids to absorb all kinds of information and propaganda. At the same time, kids are uploading their own stupid mistakes, hopefully being ignored but potentially going viral.
If they don't have filters, or can get around filters, or can use a friend's computer or a semi-filtered one at the public library, then a kid can see all sorts of stuff. They can go down the rabbit hole.
And that's before you take into account claims such as "attention spans are getting shorter".
I don't think social media and the web are going to ruin all kids. But it will ruin enough of them for us to separate the wheat from the chaff.
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