Over YouTube Kids" Try kiddZtube, a video app curated by actual people
by Michelle Stein posted in Products
If your YouTube Kids experience has been anything like mine, then chances are, you've probably already deleted the app. Unfortunately, disturbing/violent content is still slipping through the app's automated filters, delivering inappropriate videos to children. Yeah. So not cool.
Well, apparently some pretty smart people have realized YouTube Kids' shortcomings, fixed them and made it even better. I present to you, kiddZtube. Launched by magikbee in September 2017, this new app offers a collection of popular videos -- hand-picked by actual people (teachers, even!) -- that are augmented with educational pop-up questions. And since everything has been chosen manually within a closed platform, parents don't have to worry about questionable content reaching their young kids.
"Some parents may currently be attuned to YouTube Kids where preschool content is freely available," a news release from kiddZtube reads. "The big difference is the ability to transform screen time into an active learning experience. YouTube Kids promotes passive screen time and sometimes very young children can get dragged into inappropriate content that skips the YouTube algorithms. That's not possible with kiddZtube."
Sounds pretty enticing, right" I decided to give the app a test drive to see for myself.
After an adult installs the app, creates an account, and adjusts some basic settings, kids have the option of selecting from four...
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