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Suicide tips hidden in children's YouTube videos alarm parents

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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,669
    Proof positive that there are some very evil fuckers out there.  They need to be called out and shown for the worthless pieces of shit they truly are. 
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  • KN219077
    KN219077 Montana Posts: 1,201
    brianlux said:
    Proof positive that there are some very evil fuckers out there.  They need to be called out and shown for the worthless pieces of shit they truly are. 
    This sort of stuff should be heavily prosecuted
  • Meltdown99
    Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739
    I'd say google needs to be held accountable...but they are too worried about making sure they get their 5-second ad on every video...
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  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 44,732
    this begins with parents for trusting a tech company to babysit their kids. companies whose business models are to make the user the commodity they sell.
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  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,588
    Is this really a thing?
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,588
    KN219077 said:
    brianlux said:
    Proof positive that there are some very evil fuckers out there.  They need to be called out and shown for the worthless pieces of shit they truly are. 
    This sort of stuff should be heavily prosecuted
    No it shouldn't.

    Monitor what your kids are watching and consider the source.
  • tbergs
    tbergs Posts: 10,458
    It's a hoax, but still a very fucked up idea nonetheless.

    https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2019/02/momo-challenge-hoax/583825/
    It's a hopeless situation...
  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 44,732
    tbergs said:
    It's a hoax, but still a very fucked up idea nonetheless.

    https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2019/02/momo-challenge-hoax/583825/
    2 different things...
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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,757
    edited February 2019
    Yeah, this actually did happen. Not a hoax. I totally agree that it is parents' responsibility alone, and not Google's. But if they can find the person actually responsible for doing it, yes, of course they should be charged with.... something, lol. Maybe mischief?
    Post edited by PJ_Soul on
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  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 44,732
    tbergs said:
    It's a hoax, but still a very fucked up idea nonetheless.

    https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2019/02/momo-challenge-hoax/583825/
    https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/02/style/momo-mania-hoax.html

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  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,588
    mickeyrat said:
    tbergs said:
    It's a hoax, but still a very fucked up idea nonetheless.

    https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2019/02/momo-challenge-hoax/583825/
    https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/02/style/momo-mania-hoax.html

    Great article.
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,757
    Momo was the hoax. But there was still some content that got spliced into kids programming on youtube kids - that's what I meant is not a hoax.
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  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 44,732
    PJ_Soul said:
    Momo was the hoax. But there was still some content that got spliced into kids programming on youtube kids - that's what I meant is not a hoax.
    I know.  Was responding to tbergs again, not your post. hoax or not parental fear surrounding momo is very real. But not enough for some parents to not trust google to have their kids interest foremost in mind.

    and tbergs didnt appear to me to have read the op article. which quite clearly described a different situation.

    times article seemed appropriate to the thread given tbergs reply.
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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,757
    mickeyrat said:
    PJ_Soul said:
    Momo was the hoax. But there was still some content that got spliced into kids programming on youtube kids - that's what I meant is not a hoax.
    I know.  Was responding to tbergs again, not your post. hoax or not parental fear surrounding momo is very real. But not enough for some parents to not trust google to have their kids interest foremost in mind.

    and tbergs didnt appear to me to have read the op article. which quite clearly described a different situation.

    times article seemed appropriate to the thread given tbergs reply.
    Oh I know, I was just posting that generally, in case someone thought I was saying momo wasn't a hoax. ;)
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  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,588
    Image result for momo steering wheel

    This is what I think of when I hear MOMO.
  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,748
    we got an email from the principal of the kids school, and I looked it up, so we had a conversation with our kids. hoax or not, the conversation it forced us to have with them was worthwhile (we've had it prior to this, obviously, but it reinforced those values). 
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  • cincybearcat
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    HughFreakingDillon said:
    we got an email from the principal of the kids school, and I looked it up, so we had a conversation with our kids. hoax or not, the conversation it forced us to have with them was worthwhile (we've had it prior to this, obviously, but it reinforced those values). 
    We also received an email from my daughter school. I haven’t brought it up yet. She does have access to YouTube and google though.

    Each kid is different. We’ve talked a lot of the ills of YouTube, the internet, fake emails, etc. I’m unsure if I should even bring it to her attention or just let the normal conversations help her. Tough call.
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  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,748
    cincybearcat said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    we got an email from the principal of the kids school, and I looked it up, so we had a conversation with our kids. hoax or not, the conversation it forced us to have with them was worthwhile (we've had it prior to this, obviously, but it reinforced those values). 
    We also received an email from my daughter school. I haven’t brought it up yet. She does have access to YouTube and google though.

    Each kid is different. We’ve talked a lot of the ills of YouTube, the internet, fake emails, etc. I’m unsure if I should even bring it to her attention or just let the normal conversations help her. Tough call.
    we just framed it in the general way of "if anyone tells you to do something, whether it's a threat to you, or if they are threatening your loved ones with harm if you don't comply, do not believe them. ever" which they have already learned from us and at school. We didn't show them the image nor did they ask. 
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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,757
    edited March 2019
    cincybearcat said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    we got an email from the principal of the kids school, and I looked it up, so we had a conversation with our kids. hoax or not, the conversation it forced us to have with them was worthwhile (we've had it prior to this, obviously, but it reinforced those values). 
    We also received an email from my daughter school. I haven’t brought it up yet. She does have access to YouTube and google though.

    Each kid is different. We’ve talked a lot of the ills of YouTube, the internet, fake emails, etc. I’m unsure if I should even bring it to her attention or just let the normal conversations help her. Tough call.
    I don't see how it could hurt to bring it up, and it also might be useful and be yet another bit of info that makes up the big puzzle that is internet literacy. I would bring it up if I were you.
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  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,748
    it all depends on the age and temperament of the child. it could cause more stress than it's worth. 
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