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YouTube Kids: A solution for children or our parents' conscience? - Walla! TECH

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Apparently the news of the launch of YouTube Kids is supposed to delight parents who can now let their children watch 'Gilt Perry' on YouTube. But studies show that unsupervised and / or unrestricted viewing of children on the screen impairs brain development. So is the new platform a real solution for kids or just for conscience?


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YouTube Kids: A solution for children or our parents' conscience?

Apparently the news of the launch of YouTube Kids is supposed to delight parents who can now let their children watch 'Gilt Perry' on YouTube.

But studies show that unsupervised and / or unrestricted viewing of children on the screen impairs brain development.

So is the new platform a real solution for kids or just for conscience?

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Moran Zer Katzenstein, founder of yyy School of YouTube

Monday, 26 October 2020, 07:39

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YouTube app for children launched in Israel (PR)

YouTube Israel launched the YouTube Kids app this week.

The new app here in Israel, which has been around for several years overseas, allows children to watch pre-filtered content.

The YouTube ad features a parental presence in almost every frame with an invitation "Your confidence to let the kids find out" even though the message is "You can let your kids roam YouTube unattended. Everything is fine".

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is that so?

At first glance, it is clear that YouTube has done an in-depth job of collecting content adapted for young children.


We need to remember that the struggle with screens focuses not only on the quality of the content but also on the amount of time our children spend in front of the screens.

And here we can not leave them unattended.

We are in difficult times, a sequence of closure isolation and isolation.

Apparently the news of the launch of YouTube Kids is supposed to delight parents who can now let their children watch 'Gilt Perry' on YouTube.

A solution for children or for our parents' conscience?

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But studies show that unsupervised and / or unrestricted viewing of children on screen impairs their brain development.

The content in the YouTube Kids version is filtered, but, and this is the most important mourning - the algorithm works in a method similar to regular YouTube.



That is, the tools that YouTube uses to keep us on the platform for as long as possible are saved.

And are operated on very young children.

If you watched the Netflix series "Smoke Screens" you may remember that the person who invented the YouTube video recommendation tool himself recommends not using this feature and said that he does not consciously click on the recommendations himself.



YouTube Kids explicitly states that they collect the child's usage data and use it, among other things, for video recommendation purposes ("We use this information to offer users customized content").

Also in Kids the kids are still exposed to commercials unless they purchase a premium YouTube subscription.

In conclusion, YouTube Kids is not the ultimate babysitter.

Far from it.

Parental control is required in any situation, especially in limiting screen hours (by the way there is a timer feature in the app and this is definitely an important point of credit)


but in these difficult times when some of us work from home with children from all sides, YouTube Kids can be a fortune and calm our conscience.



Moran Zer Katzenstein is the founder of the yyy School of YouTube

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