A Mom Found Almost A Dozen YouTube Kids Videos Showing Suicide, School Shootings, And Abuse

A Mother Has Discovered Almost A Dozen YouTube Kids Videos That Depict Suicide, Murders, And School Shootings

Copy YouTube / Via Toasty Qween / YouTube Dr. Free Hess, a mother and pediatrician from Gainesville, Florida, recently discovered and reported a trove of content on the YouTube Kids app depicting suicides, school shootings, and violence against female characters. The near-dozen videos Hess flagged have since been deleted, but she told BuzzFeed News she fears there are many more videos still on the platform that kids are being exposed to.

ContactBOILER-PIPE: Copy YouTube / Via Toasty Qween / YouTube Dr. Free Hess, a mother and pediatrician from Gainesville, Florida, recently discovered and reported a trove of content on the YouTube Kids app depicting suicides, school shootings, and violence against female characters. The near-dozen videos Hess flagged have since been deleted, but she told BuzzFeed News she fears there are many more videos still on the platform that kids are being exposed to.

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