However, in a dark corner, someone wears the coat of "Minnie" and adapts it with "animation" full of violence, blood and pornography, poisoning the children in front of electronic equipment.
It is difficult for technology to fully identify "poison animation"
Princess Aisha, also from Disney, is one of the most common characters in "Poison Animation". Two years ago, YouTube, a well-known foreign video website, exposed a "poisonous animation" incident, which was called "ElsaGate" by the media.
These "poison animations" are simple and rude, and they are mostly played on video clients of mobile phones and tablets. The American media believe that the video was made by adults and aimed at preschool children who are not very literate and easily influenced by pictures.
Imagine what psychological impact a three-or four-year-old child will have when he sees Princess Aisha performing craniotomy.
Confusingly, most of these animations are accompanied by cheerful music and children's laughter. Uploaders label these videos as "cartoons" and "education" and mix them with normal animated videos in children's channels. Unless parents "stay with them until the end", nothing unusual can be found at first sight, and it is impossible to prevent it.
"You rabbits upload 300 hours every minute, so it's impossible to censor every video second by second," American technical ethicist David Ryan Polga said in an interview with Xinhua News Agency on 22nd. "In order to simplify the process, Yutu and other major platforms combine artificial intelligence tools, user reports and moderators. However, many parents may take it for granted that the Youtu Children's Channel is completely manually selected and censored, and the bad guys use this loophole to deliberately mark bad content as content that seems suitable for children. "
Echo Gao, a psychological consultant who has been engaged in the research of child developmental psychology and early education for a long time, told the reporter that among the three modes of communication, children are most vulnerable to the influence of pictures, because from the perspective of child developmental psychology, children have always been "giving priority to picture information" until they are eight or nine years old.
Echo Gao said that the effect of pictures lasts longer than words and sounds in children's memory. Children often have sleep disorders because they can't understand and deal with the fear and anxiety after watching scary pictures.
"Aishamen deceitfully convinces children, parents and management tools that they are child-friendly, which is quite disturbing," Polgar said. "Children may suffer psychological trauma after seeing their favorite cartoon characters commit obscene or violent acts."
What is even more frightening is that with the help of the "algorithm", as long as a similar video is accidentally clicked once, subsequent videos will be continuously pushed to users. After the exposure of "Aishamen", "You Rabbit" announced the deletion of more than 50,000 videos of1/kloc-0 in June last year.
"Malicious" from the adult world?
These "spiritual rubbish" have already flowed into China on a large scale, and once flooded the children's channels of video websites. What's more, there have been "local" videos including animations and real people. Some videos even have children, and some videos have a high number of hits.
Some netizens wrote on social networking sites that these videos are full of "malice" from the adult world. Network platform industry insiders believe that it is probably not as simple as "malice". Behind the "poison animation", there is a hidden interest chain that is difficult for outsiders to see.
The general rule of video websites at home and abroad is that as long as the number of video clicks reaches a certain number, the website will automatically insert "patch advertisements" at the beginning or middle of the video. As long as the user opens the video, the advertisement will be played automatically, and the video uploader will get a share of the advertising revenue.
In the midst of controversy, some foreign advertisers found that their advertisements appeared in "poison animation", which was contrary to brand positioning and began to suspend advertising to Youtu. Under pressure, susan wojcicki, president of UTU, announced in February last year that she would devote more manpower to screening video content. In 20 18, the number of content auditors of Google Inc., to which Youtu belongs, will increase to at least 10000, and at the same time, new artificial intelligence algorithms will be developed to cooperate with child safety agencies.
Domestically, the national office of "eliminating pornography and illegal publications" said on the 22 nd that it had deployed in-depth monitoring and inventory. A number of websites have also begun to self-examine and clean up related content.
How to clean up "spiritual garbage"? Of course, supervision is urgent. Not only is it not soft on offenders, but all network platforms also need to earnestly fulfill their main responsibilities.
In addition, for children, the most important thing is the companionship of parents.
What should I do if I find that my child has seen it?
Echo Gao said that if children are found to have watched "toxic cartoons", parents should not be too alarmed, because the risks are controllable:
First of all, if the communication atmosphere in the family is good at ordinary times, children will generally ask their parents' what is this' when they see pictures they have never seen before, which will arouse their vigilance;
Second, after the violent pornographic images in the media make children feel fear and anxiety, as long as parents communicate with their children in time, there will be no long-term psychological impact;
Third, a study in Germany found that violence in media videos rarely leads to children's imitation behavior, nor does it directly increase the risk of being violated by violence and sex offenders. "
So, what should parents do if they find that their children have been exposed to such videos?
Echo Gao suggested, first of all, be sure to pay attention to whether children have fear and spend more time with them, such as sleeping with them and leaving a light at night. At the same time, ask children how they feel and tell them what to do if they are afraid, such as adjusting their breathing and telling their parents. This can not only divert children's attention from scary pictures, but also take the opportunity to teach them how to face their fears correctly.
Parents can also take their children to enjoy beautiful pictures, such as beautiful picture books and videos, or take them to play outdoors to expel and replace the impression left by ugly pictures.
One thing needs to be noted: although this ugly video is unsightly, it may also arouse children's curiosity and make them "afraid and want to watch", so parents need to "set rules" with a solemn attitude and "clearly tell their children not to watch this video, just like telling them not to drink."
Reporter: Zheng Yuning, Shen,,