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p>"Squid Game," a dystopian South Korean horror series, has been the most-watched TV show on Netflix. However it is fast becoming controversial.

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p>The recent controversy over "Squid Game" which is rating TV MA in the United States, concerns the growing interest among children. A school in the Australian school warned that children as young 6 years old are creating the same games as in the gory and dark series.

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p>A council in Southern England recently sent an email to parents asking parents to "be vigilant" after receiving reports that "young people are copying games and violent behavior" from the show. Similar warnings were issued in Australia by educators from Western Australia and Sydney.

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p>In "Squid Game," characters are competing for cash prizes by taking part in challenges that complement the traditional Korean children's games, with "losers" being killed at the end of each round. Further highlighting the show's twisted version of child's play these games are staged in highly stylized arenas, such as an adult scale playground for children. After each challenge, these traditional children's play spaces are often left soaked in blood and filled with corpses. https://anotepad.com/notes/amr97gqg This show is a huge hit in children's digital culture.

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p>A number of successful channels on YouTube? Kids (designed for viewers under 12) have profited from the "Squid Game" trend. The content on YouTube? includes How To Draw "Squid Game" Character videos and gameplay videos that feature "Squid Game" themes from Roblox.

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p>This video game is loved by children. It lets users create games and share them with others.

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p>The Roblox game "Squid Game" is a very popular theme, has been very popular. Many Roblox videos featuring "Squid Game", have hundreds of thousands, if not millions , of views.

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p>On both the main and kids' version of YouTube?, videos aimed at children show users (often children) playing these "Squid Game" inspired games in Roblox and Minecraft, with the "Red Light, Green Light" challenge emerging as a particularly popular trend. This challenge is also a popular trend on TikTok? and users are playing the game in a wide variety of real-life settings and in videogames Roblox and Minecraft.

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p>"Squid Game"'s most popular moment is "Red Light, Green Light". The giant animatronic doll that functions as a motion sensor in this game has been extensively memeified. This doll often features in video thumbnails for "Squid Game"-related YouTube? content for children.

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p>The majority of these children's YouTube? videos are quite innocuous by themselves. https://pastelink.net/vqcxnwgx These videos demonstrate how "Squid Game," a digital content platform that specifically targets young children, has managed to be a sneaky way to access digital content. However, the lines between adult-oriented and child-oriented content on the internet were never clear.

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p>YouTube? has been the subject of numerous debates over inappropriate content directed at children. TikTok? is also affected by similar concerns about children's safety and inappropriate content being watched by children. TikTok? allows full access to the app to children over 13 however, reports indicate that children younger are using it. In addition to YouTube?, TikTok? is currently in the midst of an U.S. Senate hearing on kids' safety.

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p>Following a record-breaking fine of $170 million was handed down to YouTube? by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission in the year 2019, major changes were made to make the distinction between children's and adult content more clear on the platform. YouTube? now requires creators to notify YouTube? that their content is intended for children. Machine-learning is used to identify videos with young viewers. https://mooc.elte.hu/eportfolios/1132813/Home/There_will_be_an_Appeals_Procedure </p>

p>YouTube? is still a very different platform from broadcast television. YouTube?'s content is popular with children and often differs from children's TV.

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p>Children's YouTube? content that is a riff on "Squid Game" characters and scenes continues a longstanding trend of "mashup" content for children on the platform.

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p>Similar to "Squid Game" content "mashups" videos make use of popular themes, search terms, and characters, often featuring famous characters in thumbnail imagery or video titles.

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p>The increasing global anxiety over children's participation in "Squid Game" challenges is similar to the "Momo" phenomenon of 2018 and 2019. A photo of a demon-like figure went viral on the internet. The image was actually an actual Japanese sculpture.

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p>The international news media covered "Momo," which claimed that the creature was featured in videos for children on YouTube?, encouraging them to take part in dangerous games and challenges.

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p>As is now occurring with regard to "Squid Game," official warnings were issued to parents about the "Momo Challenge," advising them to be on guard. It was quickly discovered that the "Momo Challenge" was a viral hoax, was likely a hoax.

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p>Momo embodied parents' worst fears regarding the dangers children face through internet use. Concerns over "Squid Game's" influence on children have a similar tenor This might not be a reaction to actual dangers, but a manifestation of our discomfort with how easily adult-oriented media can be incorporated into online content aimed at young children.

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p>The unruly tentacles of "Squid Game's" inter-generational appeal illustrate how streaming media challenges existing conceptions of "child-appropriate" content.

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p>Adult anxieties concerning "Squid Game's" negative influence on children are based on earlier concerns about this "mashup" content, but also about children's interactions with the internet more generally.

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p>This article was republished by The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. The original article can be found here.

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p>Jessica Balanzategui is a senior lecturer in screen and cinema studies at Swinburne University of Technology in Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia. She receives financial support from the Australian Children's Television Foundation.

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