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It was also exposed that pedophiles were talking to children on youtube through comments and getting them to do inappropriate stuff like telling them to do the "Popsicle challenge" or "stretch challenge" to basically get them to unintentionally expose themselves. These kids actually have youtube accounts, know how to use a phone to record themselves and were basically doing these challenges then immediately after uploading the video to YT. Parents were completely oblivious to this. The parents think their kids are dumber than they really are. "My son? He couldn't figure out how to register a youtube account" etc. meanwhile the kid has been uploading daily for months.



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