Children being ‘sedated’ by algorithmic YouTube content, MPs hear

November 11, 2025 1

Experts including children’s laureate lament low quality of entertainment and call for more funding for children’s TV

Lots of children’s programming made for YouTube is “not entertainment, it’s sedation”, the UK children’s laureate has warned.

Frank Cottrell-Boyce said “frictionless” programming in which children are “bombarded with information”, such as CoCoMelon, a YouTube Kids channel with 180 million subscribers, failed to offer the “stimulation and nourishment” that previous generations had enjoyed.

Source: www.theguardian.com

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