YouTube study shows children 'three clicks away from explicit material&


Recommended Posts

YouTube study shows children 'three clicks away from explicit material'

Footage of nudity and violence was available to children who viewed clips of popular kids' TV programmes

Boys-hand-using-computer--008.jpg

The research will underline growing concerns about the lack of robust protection for children in cyberspace. Photograph: Stockbyte/Getty Images

Children who view clips of Sesame Street and Peppa Pig on YouTube are on average just three clicks away from explicit adult material on the site, including nudity and violence, according to research.

A study released to mark Safer Internet Day on Tuesday found that graphic footage was available to children who had viewed clips of popular kids' TV programmes.

In one example, YouTube users were two clicks away from footage of a woman giving birth after viewing a Sesame Street video, said the security company Kaspersky, which carried out the research. The list of recommended videos, displayed on the right-hand side of the page after a video has shown, provided a path to the explicit material, the researchers found.

A separate study of 24,000 young people found that 27% of seven- to 11-year-olds and nearly half of 11- to 19-year-olds had come across something they thought was "hurtful or unpleasant" online in the past 12 months.

The research will underline growing concerns about the lack of robust protection for children in cyberspace.

The children's minister, Edward Timpson, said: "We know how important it is that young people are safe and supported while using the internet, and that parents are confident their children are protected from accessing harmful content.

Source and more

polls_think_of_the_children_2111_284019_answer_2_xlarge.jpeg

Even if it were 1 click away, that's still the fault/responsibility of the parents.

Personally, anyone not old enough to see suggestive material, shouldn't even be on YouTube.

They should only have access to Seseme Street and Teletubbies sites, etc. etc.

  • Like 1

Damn kids these days are lucky back in my day i was 4 klicks away from explicit material!

In my day we had multiple clicks by typing out long words like nudity or big ###### after typing google.com, my how times have changed.

why an old non-scroll-wheeled mouse?

^ Exactly what I thought!

In regards to the article: yes, the internet is full of rubbish, especially ads. I've learnt to ignore it, and kids should too - most of the time, I don't even notice it's there. Surely Google can tweak their services to ignore certain content titled with certain words when certain content is played (ie. kids shows) - it's not hard to do.

In my day we had multiple clicks by typing out long words like nudity or big ###### after typing google.com, my how times have changed.

There was no google when I was young on the Internet.

Who cares, children are supposed to be supervised, if you aren't watching what your child is doing on the internet then you deserve everything you get.

I don't need restrictions, blocks or opt-in scenarios just because some moron can't look after thier child properly.

Who cares, children are supposed to be supervised, if you aren't watching what your child is doing on the internet then you deserve everything you get.

Like an Internet STI? I don't think Norton covers things like that. :laugh:

This is one of the concerns they had at the company i used to work for when they were exploring the idea of merging into the social media market by creating a facebook and twitter page. We had done a few studies that had determined that even on those sites it took only about 3 to 4 clicks to get from our page to a page with adult content.

Damn kids these days are lucky back in my day i was 4 klicks away from explicit material!

lmbo!! I know right! It was hard as heck trying to find all the good stuff. They are so exposed to everything now. Kids know more about sex and stuff then I still do now!

Source and more

polls_think_of_the_children_2111_284019_answer_2_xlarge.jpeg

TWO BUTTONS MOUSE?????????

TWO?????????????

EVEN WITHOUT A SCROLL WHEEL?????????????????

Sorry I can't take this **** seriously.

wow, is that the best example they could find of nude/violent material? lol

You know, in USA, anything below the neck is considered nude and will traumatize kids for life.

technically this is how we watched porn when I was young

Ty62N2j.jpg

Is that an elephant?

A separate study of 24,000 young people found that 27% of seven- to 11-year-olds and nearly half of 11- to 19-year-olds had come across something they thought was "hurtful or unpleasant" online in the past 12 months.

Substitute online for TV and do another survey and see what the results are.

And how is giving birth explicit :/

Substitute online for TV and do another survey and see what the results are.

And how is giving birth explicit :/

Well, if you're one of those sad buggers that think the human body is evil and that babies come from storks...

Substitute online for TV and do another survey and see what the results are.

And how is giving birth explicit :/

No exposing below the neck here in USA. Kids will be traumatized.

Well, if you're one of those sad buggers that think the human body is evil and that babies come from storks...

We've got plenty of them. We wouldn't mind sending those buggers to somewhere else. OOps did I say send? I mean migrate.

This topic is now closed to further replies.
  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.
  • Posts

    • My experience in the past with older Windows 11 builds was not great on unsupported machines but I recently used Rufus to put the latest build on a older 5th Gen Core Thinkpad T that we upgraded with a SATA SSD and 8GB of RAM four years ago when hardware was reasonable and it seemed pretty fast and solid. Customer is very happy with the performance and will probably get four more years out of that venerable laptop that he loves so much. Another customer just retired his Dell Studio laptop from 2009 running Windows 10. It got an SSD over 10 years ago and did everything he needed it to for 17 years but he also retired last year and is happy doing everything on his iPad now.
    • Apple's newest AirTag 2 gets first big discount by Taras Buria In late January 2026, Apple introduced its second-generation AirTag trackers, bringing a refresh to the old model that has been on the market for half a decade. Now, you can get these new trackers at an all-time low price, thanks to the first big discount that brought the price down by 17% on Amazon. While the second-generation AirTag looks identical to its predecessor, it packs meaningful upgrades inside. The second-gen ultrawideband chip works 50% farther than the original AirTag, allowing you to detect lost items in a wider range. In addition, the second-generation AirTag features an upgraded Bluetooth chip for extended range and a significantly louder speaker (up to 50%) so that you can hear it better when locating a lost item. Note that the second-gen AirTag only works with iPhones and iPads that run iOS/iPadOS 26 and newer, so you need a compatible device to use the tracker. Like the original AirTag, the AirTag 2 is available in two packs: one and four pieces. Both are now available at a notable discount on Amazon, and you can purchase them using the links below. Apple AirTag 2 tracker - $24 | 17% off on Amazon Apple AirTag 2 tracker (four-pack) - $89 | 10% off on Amazon Good to know This Amazon deal is U.S.- specific and not available in other regions unless specified. We only use first-party seller links (at the time of article publishing); ensure that you purchase from a first-party seller link only. Check out Today's Deals on Amazon | or our recent tech deals. Become a Prime member (for Students or SNAP) via Neowin Get Prime Access - Prime for half price (for qualifying Medicaid, EBT, SNAP) Subscribe to Prime Video, Audible Plus, Music Unlimited or Kindle Unlimited via Neowin As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases.
    • I've been on Deezer for over a decade, but glad that Tidal joined them in fighting AI slop. Can't stand such takes as Spotify's: "Spotify's CEO recently pushed back against listeners who call AI music "slop," urging people to stop using the term and instead embrace the creative potential of AI music."
    • “Could” … in the IS the healthcare is run by insurance companies that make indecent profits denying basic treatments to people that are paying money for nothing. Besides, where are all the Trump epigones who were stating that the tariffs were going to paid by foreign companies and not the US citizens? …
    • Microsoft Teams gets smarter at spotting sneaky meeting bots by Usama Jawad Microsoft Teams is set to receive a couple of new features soon, including a dedicated Recap app and a rather controversial location tracking functionality. The Redmond tech giant has also explained how it has made online communication and collaboration a lot more performant this year. Now, the company has detailed more secure bot admission mechanisms, as first reported by us in March 2026, and now available in Teams. As the use of AI has expanded across enterprise environments, Microsoft has begun allowing users to integrate bots into their meetings for various tasks, such as note-taking. While this has a tangible productivity benefit for users, Microsoft has highlighted how misconfiguration has allowed bots to join meetings that they shouldn't. This has created security and privacy risks, which Microsoft is now combating using a new Teams admin policy that allows organizers to control how external bots access meetings. Admins can leverage a policy called Manage external bots and their access to meetings. The default configuration is "When detected, require approval before joining", which places detected bots in a lobby before they are explicitly admitted into the meeting. The other option disables the experience. Microsoft has also requested admins to only allow organizers and co-organizers to manage access to a meeting, so that other people don't randomly allow bots into meetings. Teams will now be able to leverage infrastructure signals to intelligently detect and distinguish between bots and humans. Microsoft will soon also trial a registration experience for independent software vendors (ISVs) to build a system that registers a bot with Microsoft, so it is marked as a "known" bot. Teams will also categorize bots as trusted and suspected threats so that organizers can quickly identify which bots they want to allow into a meeting. Additional safeguards to block accidental admission of a bot into a meeting include: No one-click Admit option for identified bots Confirmation prompts when admitting participants that include bots Warnings when organizers choose Admit all, and bots are included Microsoft has begun rolling out this experience, and it will be retiring the current CAPTCHA verification implementation. In the future, the company plans to roll out new capabilities like allow-lists, organization-wide policies, admin reports, audit logs, and more granular controls.
  • Recent Achievements

    • Reacting Well
      NovaEdgeX earned a badge
      Reacting Well
    • Week One Done
      NovaEdgeX earned a badge
      Week One Done
    • One Year In
      BA the Curmudgeon earned a badge
      One Year In
    • Conversation Starter
      rosiecharles earned a badge
      Conversation Starter
    • First Post
      KMilenkoski1202 earned a badge
      First Post
  • Popular Contributors

    1. 1
      +primortal
      538
    2. 2
      +Edouard
      266
    3. 3
      PsYcHoKiLLa
      151
    4. 4
      Steven P.
      98
    5. 5
      macoman
      66
  • Tell a friend

    Love Neowin? Tell a friend!