Security Advice for Parents and Children About Content Filtering and Circumvention as Found on YouTube and TikTok
CoRR(2024)
Abstract
In today's digital age, concerns about online security and privacy have
become paramount. However, addressing these issues can be difficult, especially
within the context of family relationships, wherein parents and children may
have conflicting interests. In this environment, parents and children may turn
to online security advice to determine how to proceed. In this paper, we
examine the advice available to parents and children regarding content
filtering and circumvention as found on YouTube and TikTok. In an analysis of
839 videos returned from queries on these topics, we found that half (n=399)
provide relevant advice. Our results show that of these videos, roughly
three-quarters are accurate, with the remaining one-fourth containing factually
incorrect advice. We find that videos targeting children are both more likely
to be incorrect and actionable than videos targeting parents, leaving children
at increased risk of taking harmful action. Moreover, we find that while advice
videos targeting parents will occasionally discuss the ethics of content
filtering and device monitoring (including recommendations to respect
children's autonomy) no such discussion of the ethics or risks of circumventing
content filtering is given to children, leaving them unaware of any risks that
may be involved with doing so. Ultimately, our research indicates that
video-based social media sites are already effective sources of security advice
propagation and that the public would benefit from security researchers and
practitioners engaging more with these platforms, both for the creation of
content and of tools designed to help with more effective filtering.
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