Re [What have I been warning?] Tide Pod Challenge: YouTube is removing dangerous videos

["Dave Farber" <dave () farber net>]

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From: Justin Maxwell <soc () code404 com>
Date: Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 2:59 PM
Subject: Re: [IP] [What have I been warning?] Tide Pod Challenge: YouTube
is removing dangerous videos
To: dave () farber net <dave () farber net>
CC: ip <ip () listbox com>


It's interesting that YouTube is willing to remove dangerous videos of
events that have already passed, but unwilling to remove thousands of sick
and twisted videos targeted at children and designed to manipulate their
algorithms.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsagate

I'm an ex-Googler ("xoogler") and friends on the YT team told me that YT
leadership believes these videos are acceptable despite the protest of many
employees.

We (and many other parents) had to uninstall the YouTube Kids app after
finding our child watching really disturbing content.



On Jan 18 2018, at 11:29 am, Dave Farber <dave () farber net> wrote:

> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> From: Lauren Weinstein <lauren () vortex com>
> Date: Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 1:56 PM
> Subject: [ NNSquad ] [What have I been warning?] Tide Pod Challenge:
> YouTube is removing dangerous videos
> To: <nnsquad () nnsquad org>
>
>
>
> [What have I been warning?] Tide Pod Challenge: YouTube is removing
> dangerous videos
>
>
> http://money.cnn.com/2018/01/18/technology/tide-pod-challenge-video-youtube-facebook/index.html
> <http://money.cnn.com/2018/01/18/technology/tide-pod-challenge-video-youtube-facebook/index.html?recipient=ip%40listbox.com>
>
>         YouTube and Facebook are trying to stop the spread of the Tide
>         Pod Challenge, a bizarre and dangerous phenomenon in which social
>         media users eat laundry detergent packets on camera.  YouTube,
> which
>         is owned by Google (GOOGL), says it's taking down clips that show
>         people taking bites of the pods. The videos have become an online
>         craze among teenagers, prompting widespread health and safety
>         warnings.
>
>  - - -
>
> GOD DAMN IT. I've been warning and warning about the risks of
> YouTube's "prank and dare" videos. Does anybody listen until AFTER the
> damage is done? -
>
> "A YouTube Prank and Dare Category That's Vast, Disgusting, and
> Potentially Deadly":
>
>
> https://lauren.vortex.com/2017/12/17/youtube-prank-dare-vast-disgusting-potentially-deadly
> <https://lauren.vortex.com/2017/12/17/youtube-prank-dare-vast-disgusting-potentially-deadly?recipient=ip%40listbox.com>
>
> "YouTube's Dangerous and Sickening Cesspool of "Prank" and "Dare" Videos":
>
>
> https://lauren.vortex.com/2017/05/04/youtubes-dangerous-and-sickening-cesspool-of-prank-and-dare-videos
> <https://lauren.vortex.com/2017/05/04/youtubes-dangerous-and-sickening-cesspool-of-prank-and-dare-videos?recipient=ip%40listbox.com>
>
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