Aral Balkan
DansLeRuSH ᴱᶰ« One internal November 2020 presentation slide said acclimating #children to #Google's ecosystem in school would hopefully lead them to use its products as adults : " You get that loyalty early and potentially for life ” Another undated slide deck suggested imagining a world where “ Parents ask their children ‘Why aren’t you watching more YouTube?’ " and " School Administrators shift budgets from Textbooks to YouTube subscriptions ” »
Google’s work in schools aims to create a ‘pipeline of future users,’ internal documents say
Newly filed internal documents show how Google viewed its work with schools as a way of turning children into lifelong customers — while the company simultaneously acknowledged research suggesting that YouTube, one of Google’s main platforms, can be unsafe and distracting.
