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“Podcast: YouTube isn’t fun for parents trying to shield their kids from scary stuff”
Jed Kim (Marketplace Tech, 10-7-2019) 

“Article: YouTube Has Kid Troubles Because Kids Are a Core Audience”
Paris Martineau
(Wired, 6-7-2019; podcast)
Is YouTube safe or appropriate for your children/students? Perhaps not if we attempt to normalize it simply as a useful tool or harmless entertainment, and then leave it to kids to upload or explore freely on their own.

“The nightmare videos of children’s YouTube — and what’s wrong with the internet today”

James Bridle (TED2018 video, April 2018)