When warning my 9 yo son about how Youtube works, I found that the most concise way to describe Google to him was "an evil monopoly." That was a surprise. I've always been a Google fan. But there was no other way to describe Youtube.
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i'm a parent and curious: what were you warning him about?
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probably the comments section
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What were some of the other things you said?
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Plays video? Monopoly means "only seller." "Evil" also seems like a stretch, I might buy "negligent."
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You should read When Google Met Wikileaks
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Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. All things trending towards monopoly are bound to trend towards evil-ness.
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This is a fascinating article on kids YT content - https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/11/raised-by-youtube/570838/ …
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You have to tell him about the algorithms and the dangers of how it can easily lead to dangerous extremes of the internet
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Don't leave that matzo ball hanging, please elaborate
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