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i kind of get where you are coming from but denying access to knowledge/reality is not helpful.

What knowledge/reality is gained from videos of Spiderman dry humping Elsa or grannies kicking people in the nuts? This is the typical kinds of content that YouTube has lined up for children. Do you really expect a cesspool like this to harbor anything of quality or value for developing minds?

You're speaking of a specific instance and declaring all instances bad. This is unhelpful.

If that specific video exists and if it's common, this conversation could be had; but, it's relatively uncommon, making it a surprise.

The real answer, as someone else has alluded to, is that YouTube is something that parents should watch or be aware of with their children.

There is a great deal of valuable information on YouTube and cancelling it wholesale is absolutely the wrong approach.

You realize that this comment section is in response to a story where YouTube is suspending educational content, right? Someone else already mentioned Elsagate which is still an ongoing problem as noted by the GP. YouTube is not interested in providing healthy material, which is not surprising since they are owned by the world's largest advertising company. I would advocate that parents should look for better alternatives altogether rather than use it as source of education or entertainment, even with supervision. It's simply the wrong place to go for that sort of thing.

> If that specific video exists and if it's common, this conversation could be had; but, it's relatively uncommon, making it a surprise.

It is common: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsagate

our kids are not allowed to watch youtube on their own because youtubes algorithms surface the worst of the worst

Youtube is not something kids can use without supervision.

And for those pointing out YouTube Kids: it is only slightly less bad. It’s still full of questionable material.

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