Adult Content Disguised as Kids Videos Is Flooding YouTube

Some people are just horrible people. I'd be more surprised to find out this isn't more idiots from 4chan thinking they're funny than to find out it is.

https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/club-penguin-shutting-down-...

Not everyone is motivated by profits. There are some very sick people out there who get their jollies from actions like this, and worse.

> I don't understand what the motivations for this are

"If you’re a parent, I’d recommend you set up YouTube Kids for your child to access YouTube videos without worrying about them being exposed to content such as this"

Well I have a theory. The article mentions that some of the videos are being posted on Hindi language channels. India has some pretty restrictive pornography laws. According to the wikipedia page I just read, it's illegal to publish or transmit pornography in India. I think this is some ass backwards attempt to circumvent pornography distribution laws in India.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pornography_in_India

Well, per the article it affects your searches and similar videos pop up. Maybe they'll get enough traffic to...I don't know. It doesn't seem like YouTube monetization is an achievable goal, right?

Maybe hotlinking? Or some wierd grooming attempt?

But the guy below who suspects it's censor circumvention makes sense- it seems to be something like a dirty CD set to a coloring program.

Children probably aren't the target, but victims still.

In the real world this is not a problem when the number of pervs is much lower than the number of schoolyards.

It becomes a problem when YouTube's algorithm can pick something up and amplify a single weirdo into a world-wide phenomenon.