Blog 16: YouTube

What we fail to look at pertaining websites like YouTube are the dangers these sites create. Anyone can create a fake account and post whatever they feel like. On the other hand, anyone can also create an account to view videos they should not be watching. In other words, would you want your ten-year-old child looking at street fights or videos of girls dancing? Although there are parental ways of canceling the account, it is just as easy to jump on a friend’s computer to watch them. I am not saying YouTube is a bad thing because I understand it is a way for people to express themselves to the public. Like many technologies we have in the world today, we often fail to look at the negatives sides and only focus on the good that comes out of them. Most children are more advanced with computer than their parents. What does this say about parental control that cannot even be used by many adults? We have to be more safe on the computer and make sure young children are not viewing things they shouldn’t be. The Internet is not the safest place and I think parents allow their children way too much freedom surfing the web.