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Re:Better protecting kids’ privacy on YouTube by jedberg on Monday January 06, 2020 @11:40PM (#21976898)
The clown was just an example, and it's not just "a clown", it was something designed specifically to frighten young children, where the poster had gamed YouTube's systems to have it show up in the kids section.

And I never let the watch unsupervised. But at least with every other streaming service, I don't need to preview the content ahead of time.

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Re:Better protecting kids’ privacy on YouTube by ben174 on Tuesday January 07, 2020 @12:10AM (#21977079)
Wow. Who /are/ these people? What is their goal? Are there really people on earth with the exclusive motive to scare a two year old and give her nightmares? That is some next level evil.
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Re:Better protecting kids’ privacy on YouTube by gnu8 on Tuesday January 07, 2020 @08:41AM (#21979792)
The source of these videos could be anything from lone assholes to a state sponsored program to destabilize western civilization. Without tracking down the person who uploaded a given video and hitting them with a sock full of quarters until they explain themselves, it is impossible to know.
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