Re:Social Media Has Failed Its Self-Driving Test
by nugator on Thursday November 09, 2017 @02:22PM
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In Sweden we have some commercial free television channels that are run by the state. It also has play services for all content. One of the play services is "the children's channel" which has something like 100 curated kid's shows (from all over the world). No commercials. My kids can watch whatever shows they like there and it feels safe.
Is there anything similar in the US?
Re:Social Media Has Failed Its Self-Driving Test
by ksenzee on Thursday November 09, 2017 @02:28PM
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PBS Kids is our rough equivalent, but it's not free to get it streaming 24/7 the way YouTube Kids is.
Re:Social Media Has Failed Its Self-Driving Test
by jff on Thursday November 09, 2017 @02:59PM
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Check your local over-the-air stations; PBS has a separate digital channel for children's programming here, so it's always available.
Re:Social Media Has Failed Its Self-Driving Test
by rootsudo on Thursday November 09, 2017 @02:27PM
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No. Nothing like that. At best it's a few channels from Disney, which is def not for the childs best interest besides non-sexual themes and ads.
And even then, things get pretty sexual.
Re:Social Media Has Failed Its Self-Driving Test
by Turing_Machine on Thursday November 09, 2017 @11:09PM
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> But unless you have time to pre-screen every minute of content your kids watch (hint: if you have a job, you don't have time to do this)
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> Watching hours upon hours of kids content on YouTube
I would argue that if your kids are watching so much of this stuff that you don't have time to monitor it, they're watching way too much of it. "Hours upon hours" is definitely way too much.
Your kids will survive even if they're not plugged in to streaming media 24/7/365. Really.
Yes, it's up to the parents. But unless you have time to pre-screen every minute of content your kids watch (hint: if you have a job, you don't have time to do this), at some point you have to trust a ratings agency like MPAA, ESRB, or a company like Google when they say - "this content here, it's safe for kids". The obvious problem is that YouTube Kids is utterly failing at this.
What's the realistic alternative? Watching hours upon hours of kids content on YouTube and creating your own playlists? How do you stop a child from going to a "recommended video" afterwards? What about ad content, how do you filter that?
Edit: The only realistic alternative is not letting kids watch YouTube. This is fine, but then maybe Google should not be advertising a section of YouTube as "for kids".