US lawmakers call YouTube Kids a ‘wasteland of vapid’ content


In a letter sent to Wojcicki, the House Oversight and Reform subcommittee on economic and consumer policy says YouTube isn’t doing enough to protect kids from material that could harm them. — AP

A House subcommittee is investigating YouTube Kids, saying the Google-owned video service feeds children inappropriate material in “a wasteland of vapid, consumerist content” so it can serve them ads.

The inquiry comes despite Google agreeing to pay US$170mil (RM701.59mil) in 2019 to settle allegations that YouTube collected personal data on children without their parents’ consent.

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