Youtube Kids implements new policy to flag inappropriate videos targeted at children

 A New York Times piece and a subsequent Medium post this week highlighted an ongoing problem with Youtube Kids — bizarre and disturbing videos aimed at young children using key words and popular children’s characters. Now Youtube says it is putting in place a new process to age-restrict these types of videos in the main Youtube app. “Age-restricted content is automatically… Read More

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YouTube Kids update gives kids their own profiles, expands controls

 YouTube Kids, the kid-friendly, more filtered version of YouTube first introduced in 2015, is getting a notable upgrade. The updated app is adding several new features designed to reflect the app’s now aging user base, including profiles that are customized based on the kid’s date of birth, as well as additional security controls for parents and kids. Read More

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Nostalgic dude rebuilt his friends’ middle school conversations to plot out the origin of his sister’s first date

We all get nostalgic from time to time. Sometimes we look at old photos, cringe over old Facebook statuses, or listen to music that brings us back to different moments of our lives. If you cherish memories, you may even find old conversations wit…

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Nostalgic dude rebuilt his friends’ middle school conversations to plot out the origin of his sister’s first date

We all get nostalgic from time to time. Sometimes we look at old photos, cringe over old Facebook statuses, or listen to music that brings us back to different moments of our lives. If you cherish memories, you may even find old conversations wit…

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Osama bin Laden had that ‘Charlie bit my finger’ video in his compound

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Osama bin Laden — yes, that Osama bin Laden — had a lot of strange, terrifying, and depressing stuff on the electronic devices in his compound when they were seized by Navy SEALs during the 2011 raid that left him dead. Now, thanks to a CIA’s November 1 release, the general public is free to browse at its leisure the contents of those various electronic gadgets. 

And, well, it turns out that at least someone in the Abbottabad compound was fond of child-centric viral videos. And not just any child-centric viral video, but the one and only Charlie bit my finger

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The ‘Stranger Things’ theme song plus Ariana Grande equals your fall anthem

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Only a 2016 song of the summer could warm up the (un)official song of fall 2017. 

In this mashup from YouTube musician Kaskobi, the Stranger Things theme song gets a dose of top 40 pop, courtesy of Ariana Grande’s “Into You.”

The combination – that ’80s thriller synth paired with Grande’s silky vocals – is a little spooky, but a lot of fun.

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The ‘Stranger Things’ theme song plus Ariana Grande equals your fall anthem

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Only a 2016 song of the summer could warm up the (un)official song of fall 2017. 

In this mashup from YouTube musician Kaskobi, the Stranger Things theme song gets a dose of top 40 pop, courtesy of Ariana Grande’s “Into You.”

The combination – that ’80s thriller synth paired with Grande’s silky vocals – is a little spooky, but a lot of fun.

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