'Suicide Lecture' will be displayed in YouTube's children's movies

by Honza Soukup

YouTube's children's app " YouTube Kids " is an application that allows you to watch various children's movies on YouTube, and filters algorithms that are not suitable for children. However, it turned out that "a lecture on suicide" is mixed in movies that can be watched on such YouTube Kids, criticism that it is a bad influence for children is spewing out.

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According to an article posted on a child-rearing blog " PediMom " operated by a pediatrician, Free Hess, while a certain internal physician's woman was showing a YouTube Kids to his son who had a nosebleed, a mere child Despite being a movie for the movie, suddenly a man appeared on the screen in the vicinity of 4 minutes 45 seconds of the movie. And the man raised his arms, traced the wrist of the other with the hand with the imaginary knife and said, "Good kids, if you want to get sideways, if you want results, turn vertically" It seems that he walked away to and went away.

My mother hurriedly stopped playing the movie, after the child went to play, I tried again to check the contents of the movie by myself. Then, it is confirmed that a person who seems to be Joji (Filthy Frank) who is a Japanese-Australian comedian artist, likewise reproduces the appearance of cutting the wrist. "My heart is disturbed, sorrowful and disgusted," says the mother, and states that he immediately removed YouTube Kids from the device.

PediMom confirmed on Youtube that the movie in question was deleted from YouTube Kids, but the mother said, "This video was planted in YouTube Kids to intentionally hurt the children," I am blaming you.

The screenshot of the movie of the problem picture below. At first glance it is just a splatoon movie ......

When it comes near 4 minutes 45 seconds, Mr. Filthy Frank suddenly appears on the screen.

Then I put a knife on my wrist and gestured like drawing like sideways.

Mr. Filthy Frank's part is about ten seconds and it quickly switched to Splatoon's movie.

It is unknown why Filthy Frank's movie was inserted in Splatoon's movie, but Filthy Frank's fans are enjoying playing by inserting Filthy Frank's movie into movies that are not directly related to this It is also considered to be involved. Mr. Hess talks about this movie, "I think this is extremely dangerous for children," and the fact that children in the process of growing into contact with dangerous content on the Internet may have a negative impact on children's growth I pointed out.

Nadine Kaslow, former chairman of the American Psychological Association, said, "Although many children may ignore extreme movies, children who have fragile parts in their hearts are attracted by extreme movies There is a possibility. " Children watching YouTube Kids are too young to be interested in understanding suicide and understanding their behavior, but still they may let the child manage the movies.

YouTube spokesperson Andrea Faville said, "We have adopted a strict policy on YouTube to prohibit dangerous content that recommends self-injuries.YouTube has millions of quarterly Deleted harmful movies and channels, most of which have been deleted before playing. "

On the other hand, it has been pointed out that YouTube is promoting "the sexual exploitation of children", and the sight of the public against YouTube has become severe.

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