Watch Your Kids: Pediatrician Finds Wrist-Slitting Suicide Tip Spliced Into Video on YouTube Kids App

By The Blaze. A Florida pediatrician found a suicide tip spliced in the middle of a video posted to the YouTube Kids app, WFTX-TV reported.

The clip is of a popular Nintendo game called Splatoon, CBS News said — except for an unrelated portion in the middle showing a person saying, “Remember kids, sideways for attention, longways for results. End it.”

According to the Washington Post, the person appeared to be holding an imaginary blade to the inside of his arm. His “longways” motion went from the bottom of his hand and down his forearm toward his elbow. . .

It’s hard to say what happened to the video, as it appears to have been taken down and re-uploaded numerous times.

As recently as Sunday, Hess noted on her Facebook page that she recorded a version of the clip “directly from YouTube Kids” that very afternoon. YouTube told WFTX the video violates its community guidelines, and a spokesperson said in part, “We work hard to ensure YouTube is not used to encourage dangerous behavior, and we have strict policies that prohibit videos which promote self-harm.” (Read more from “Watch Your Kids: Pediatrician Finds Wrist-Slitting Suicide Tip Spliced Into Video on YouTube Kids App” HERE)

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Horrified Mom Discovers Suicide Instructions in Video on YouTube and YouTube Kids

By CBS News. Video promoting self-harm tips — spliced between clips of a popular video game — has surfaced at least twice on YouTube and YouTube Kids since July, according to a pediatrician and mom who discovered the video.

The suicide instructions are sandwiched between clips from the popular Nintendo game Splatoon and delivered by a man speaking in front of what appears to be a green screen — an apparent effort to have him blend in with the rest of the animated video. . .

The man featured is YouTuber Filthy Frank, who has over 6.2 million subscribers and calls himself “the embodiment of everything a person should not be,” although there is no evidence that Frank, whose real name is George Miller, was involved in creating the doctored video. He did not immediately respond to CBS News’ request for comment.

When Free Hess found the video on YouTube last week, she posted it on her blog — warning other parents to take control over what their kids may be watching. . . .

Hess said she spotted another version of the same video on YouTube Kids in July last year. She said she and many other parents from Facebook groups came together to report it, and the video was eventually taken down after one parent directly contacted an employee at Google. Google has not responded to CBS News’ inquiry about the steps that led to the video’s removal. (Read more from “Horrified Mom Discovers Suicide Instructions in Video on YouTube and YouTube Kids” HERE)

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