Guns, Drugs and Skin Bleaching: YouTube Kids Still Poses Risks to Children

Other · Tech Transparency Project · May 5, 2022

Tech Transparency Project, May 2022: test accounts on YouTube Kids found videos about drugs, hiding guns, skin bleaching and dieting. An advocacy group report.

TTP found videos on YouTube Kids that talk positively about cocaine and crystal meth, give instructions on concealing a gun, encourage skin bleaching, and introduce diet culture to children.

Tech Transparency Project, May 2022: test accounts on YouTube Kids found videos about drugs, hiding guns, skin bleaching and dieting. An advocacy group report.

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