On the recordOctober 7, 2015
Madam President, a few weeks ago I brought to the attention of the Senate the continuing new challenges that we have with the Internet and the fact that so much material is available to all of us, including our youngest citizens, indeed, our toddlers. The question is: What is appropriate content for our toddlers? Google has put up a YouTube application for kids. They call it YouTube Kids. I have some pictures here that show some of the content on that application. First of all, I think this picture is self-explanatory. It says: How to open a beer with another beer. Mind you, this is a YouTube Kids application. Toddlers can access this information. It says: How to open a beer, and it goes through the sequence. This is another fairly graphic picture of how to open a beer with a beer. Is that appropriate for young children? It is readily available and promoted by Google. I doubt that we would conclude that it is. Here is another one. This one has wine-tasting tips. What is tannin in wine? Identifying acidity in wine. Here is the cutest baby song in the world, ``Everybody Dance Now.'' That doesn't look too bad. Here is Alvin and the Chipmunks. This has nursery rhymes for babies, but when you play it, there are some unusual words in there, and so forth and so on. You get the picture. This is for children. This is for little ones. Now here is a picture that shows how to make sulfuric acid two ways. Is that appropriate for toddlers? I have another example.…





