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Adult Content Disguised as Kids Videos Is Flooding YouTube

24 points by thescribbblr 7y ago

zenmaster10665 7y ago
I don't understand what the motivations for this are...does someone really think this will create revenue? Maybe by going viral or just through shock value?
- tw04 7y ago
  Some people are just horrible people. I'd be more surprised to find out this isn't more idiots from 4chan thinking they're funny than to find out it is. https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/club-penguin-shutting-down-memes/ https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/club-penguin-shutting-down-...
- kradeelav 7y ago
  Not everyone is motivated by profits. There are some very sick people out there who get their jollies from actions like this, and worse.
- pvaldes 7y ago
  > I don't understand what the motivations for this are "If you’re a parent, I’d recommend you set up YouTube Kids for your child to access YouTube videos without worrying about them being exposed to content such as this"
  - ender341341 7y ago
    Is youtube kids actually moderated/filtered before being available to kids or is 'automatically moderated' like the rest of youtube? given youtubes absolute lack of attempt to meaningfully moderate most content I'm not sure I'd be comfortable trusting them to moderate content for kids.
- weare138 7y ago
  Well I have a theory. The article mentions that some of the videos are being posted on Hindi language channels. India has some pretty restrictive pornography laws. According to the wikipedia page I just read, it's illegal to publish or transmit pornography in India. I think this is some ass backwards attempt to circumvent pornography distribution laws in India. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pornography_in_India https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pornography_in_India
- trentlott 7y ago
  Well, per the article it affects your searches and similar videos pop up. Maybe they'll get enough traffic to...I don't know. It doesn't seem like YouTube monetization is an achievable goal, right? Maybe hotlinking? Or some wierd grooming attempt? But the guy below who suspects it's censor circumvention makes sense- it seems to be something like a dirty CD set to a coloring program. Children probably aren't the target, but victims still.
kirsebaer 7y ago
In the 19th century anti-pornography activists claimed that perverts would throw pornographic prints over the walls of schoolyards because the perverts supposedly got off on "corrupting" upper-class children. Sounds a bit implausible. Perhaps these youtubers are trying to get around internet filters?
- pornel 7y ago
  In the real world this is not a problem when the number of pervs is much lower than the number of schoolyards. It becomes a problem when YouTube's algorithm can pick something up and amplify a single weirdo into a world-wide phenomenon.
balt_s 7y ago
Cyberpunk hot take: is this YT-funded groups trying to drive people to adopt Kids, or is it a user-upload/streaming rival seeking to discredit YT?
duelingjello 7y ago
Does anyone think it’s 4chan/8chan-types trolling because they have nothing better to do or malicious competitors/state actors trying to disrupt YT because they want to see it harmed?

24 points by thescribbblr 7y ago

I don't understand what the motivations for this are...does someone really think this will create revenue? Maybe by going viral or just through shock value?

tw04 7y ago
Some people are just horrible people. I'd be more surprised to find out this isn't more idiots from 4chan thinking they're funny than to find out it is. https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/club-penguin-shutting-down-memes/ https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/club-penguin-shutting-down-...
kradeelav 7y ago
Not everyone is motivated by profits. There are some very sick people out there who get their jollies from actions like this, and worse.
pvaldes 7y ago
> I don't understand what the motivations for this are "If you’re a parent, I’d recommend you set up YouTube Kids for your child to access YouTube videos without worrying about them being exposed to content such as this"
- ender341341 7y ago
  Is youtube kids actually moderated/filtered before being available to kids or is 'automatically moderated' like the rest of youtube? given youtubes absolute lack of attempt to meaningfully moderate most content I'm not sure I'd be comfortable trusting them to moderate content for kids.
weare138 7y ago
Well I have a theory. The article mentions that some of the videos are being posted on Hindi language channels. India has some pretty restrictive pornography laws. According to the wikipedia page I just read, it's illegal to publish or transmit pornography in India. I think this is some ass backwards attempt to circumvent pornography distribution laws in India. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pornography_in_India https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pornography_in_India
trentlott 7y ago
Well, per the article it affects your searches and similar videos pop up. Maybe they'll get enough traffic to...I don't know. It doesn't seem like YouTube monetization is an achievable goal, right? Maybe hotlinking? Or some wierd grooming attempt? But the guy below who suspects it's censor circumvention makes sense- it seems to be something like a dirty CD set to a coloring program. Children probably aren't the target, but victims still.

kirsebaer 7y ago

In the 19th century anti-pornography activists claimed that perverts would throw pornographic prints over the walls of schoolyards because the perverts supposedly got off on "corrupting" upper-class children. Sounds a bit implausible. Perhaps these youtubers are trying to get around internet filters?

pornel 7y ago
In the real world this is not a problem when the number of pervs is much lower than the number of schoolyards. It becomes a problem when YouTube's algorithm can pick something up and amplify a single weirdo into a world-wide phenomenon.

balt_s 7y ago

Cyberpunk hot take: is this YT-funded groups trying to drive people to adopt Kids, or is it a user-upload/streaming rival seeking to discredit YT?

duelingjello 7y ago

Does anyone think it’s 4chan/8chan-types trolling because they have nothing better to do or malicious competitors/state actors trying to disrupt YT because they want to see it harmed?