YouTube BRAINWASHING KIDS? #ElsaGate! - Dude Soup Podcast 151

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This week the gang tackles "Elsa-gate" and the problems with keeping content geared for adults off of kids' eyeballs, as well as:
19:10 - YouTube's actions to prevent this.
24:45 - What each of us thinks the best course of action is.
39:30 - Issues with "YouTube Kids".
53:35 - "Bruce Reads..."
57:30 - Hard Nettin'.

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SOURCES:
[Reddit] What is Elsagate: https://www.reddit.com/r/ElsaGate/comments/6o6baf/what_is_elsagate/
[YouTube] Introducing the YouTube Kids app: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUmMAAPX6E8
[Today] Child advocacy groups say YouTube Kids rife with 'inappropriate' videos: https://www.today.com/money/child-advocacy-groups-say-youtube-kids-rife-inappropriate-videos-t21936
[Today] Moms warn of disturbing video found on YouTube Kids: 'Please be careful' https://www.today.com/parents/moms-warn-disturbing-video-found-youtube-kids-please-be-careful-t101552
[The Atlantic] The Algorithm That Makes Preschoolers Obsessed With YouTube: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/07/what-youtube-reveals-about-the-toddler-mind/534765/
[NYTimes] On YouTube Kids, Startling Videos Slip Past Filters: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/04/business/media/youtube-kids-paw-patrol.html?_r=0
[The Verge] YouTube says it will crack down on bizarre videos targeting children: https://www.theverge.com/2017/11/9/16629788/youtube-kids-distrubing-inappropriate-flag-age-restrict
[YouTube] 5 ways we’re toughening our approach to protect families on YouTube and YouTube Kids: https://youtube.googleblog.com/2017/11/5-ways-were-toughening-our-approach-to.html

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