Despite the concern that many parents have in relation to what their children watch on TV, via the internet and cell phones, some believe that they can rest assured by making available to their children programming with an indicative rating for minors, the “kids” services, available on platforms like Netflix, Prime Video, among others.
But unfortunately, reality is not quite what it seems. That’s because, according to expert Melissa Henson, vice president of Parents Television and Media Council (Parents Television and Media Council, in free translation from English), these platforms are showing inappropriate content for minors, even announcing an indicative rating below 18 years old.
She cited as an example the series Daisy Jones and the Sixexhibited by Prime Video, and the Stranger Things, available on Netflix. “This is absolutely what is happening,” said the expert.
“Everything is amplified 10, 20 times more than you would have seen on broadcast and cable. So there’s a lot more sexually explicit content, a lot more nudity and a lot more foul language than anything we’ve seen before on broadcast or cable TV,” said Henson, who has been monitoring TV and cable content for 25 years. movie theater.
Related Content
Still according to reports by Henson collected by Christian Headlines, another problem he encountered was the offer of related content. In this case, they are the offers of movies and series that appear on the screen when the user searches on Netflix, Prime Video and other platforms.
“I don’t see any evidence that this is driven by demand,” she said, dismissing the thesis that the supply of related items would be due to the user’s own search tendency.
For Henson, parents should be alert and closely monitor each program offered on Netflix, Prime Video and other platforms, as the indicative classification is not always compatible with the age of minors.
“As kids are seeing this on screen, and they’re seeing kids who look like them, and kids their age talking like that, it feels like ‘oh well, this is how kids are supposed to talk these days’” , argues the specialist when referring to the use of profanity in the contents.
“We really need to do a reckoning when it comes to content ratings,” concludes Henson. See below another warning made by a group of parents about a series accused of “idiotizing” children, on Netflix:
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