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Children and ethics, our 10 cents worth

Check out our very own YouTube video here ! Our video discusses the issue of YouTube videos which contain content that are either controversial or manipulative, especially for their target markets. Although to have your own YouTube account the minimum age is 12, anyone can access YouTube videos without an account. We have chosen to review videos from AWSMR KIDS and Toy Family. The AWSMR KIDS YouTube channel  contains a whole heap of toy reviews, but are all from the one brand... They do not disclose if they are sponsored or paid which we believe is unethical. Children, especially young ones are vulnerable and can be easily manipulated. Therefore this content is obviously trying to get children to purchase their products. The Toy Family channel is the most controversial of the two. Visualised here are adults dressed as popular kids movie characters such as Spiderman and Elsa. They are shown to be acting out various indecent acts which is just outrageous.. Each me