Google appears to be in trouble once again with its new YouTube Kids service as consumer advocacy groups filed a lawsuit with the Federal Trade Commission after discovering it contained "objectionable" content, according to Wall Street Newspaper.
The complaint, filed today Tuesday by the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood and the Center for Digital Democracy, αναφέρει ότι οι ομάδες τους ανακάλυψαν video which would be "extremely disturbing and potentially harmful to young children who see them."
Η team claims to have discovered videos with sexually explicit language, jokes about pedophilia and drug use, adult discussions of violence, pornography and suicide.
A FTC representative said the service has received the complaints and controls them.
The service YouTube Kids started it February with apps for Android and iOS in the US, and claims to offer specially selected videos that are child-friendly.
The FTC received the first complaints for the YouTube Kids service last month, when various parent groups found ads targeting children.
A Google spokesman told WSJ that users can spot videos they think are inappropriate, and that YouTube will review them one by one to remove them if necessary.
He also added that the parents they can disable the search function to ensure that children do not come across inappropriate content.
However, apart from the statement of the company's representative we expect to see more robust security measures, as a child-specific service, it is unacceptable to display such content.
