Young children can easily see disturbing content on YouTube despite age restrictions

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. "Protecting kids and families is a top priority for us," YouTube said in response to questions about inappropriate content reaching children. YouTube said its "review team" puts age restrictions on content that contains vulgar language, nudity, violence or dangerous activities, when such videos are brought to YouTube's attention. YouTube bans dangerous prank videos and challenges after people drive cars blindfolded The researchers also found that children have a 45 per cent chance of seeing at least one "disturbing" or otherwise inappropriate video within 10 clips - a stretch that often amounts to an hour or so of viewing. In just the past few weeks, a video blogger has documented how paedophiles scour videos of children and share time stamps of sexually-suggestive moments, in what the blogger compared to a "soft-core paedophilia ring," and a Florida paediatrician found that a clip explaining how to commit suicide had been spliced into children's videos on YouTube and YouTube Kids.