Investigation finds YouTube is serving mindless AI slop to toddlers and preschoolers

A new investigation reveals YouTube’s algorithm floods kids’ feeds with bizarre AI videos after trusted channels, while creators profit from the synthetic content with millions of views.
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Your teen’s YouTube Shorts scrolling can now have a hard cap

YouTube now lets parents cap Shorts scrolling on supervised teen accounts, and it’s working on a zero setting that can shut the feed off. It’s a tighter, more targeted control than generic screen time.
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YouTube now has a way for parents to block kids from watching Shorts

Parents will be able to toggle the Shorts time limit on connected children’s accounts.