{
  "id": 13662233,
  "title": "Parents fear YouTubers are bringing ‘brain rot’ to Netflix. But are kids wising up to ‘slop’?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/10/parents-fear-youtubers-are-bringing-brain-rot-to-netflix-but-are-kids",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-10T19:00:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Technology",
    "slug": "guardian-technology",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/oct/11/parents-fear-youtubers-are-bringing-brain-rot-to-netflix-but-are-kids-wising-up-to-slop"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "As streamers poach viral creators to appeal to children, digital whack-a-mole has become a new kind of family challenge Exasperated dad Simon Hooper shakes his fist at the camera in a viral video . “We managed to get rid of YouTube in our household six months ago and the kids are finally OK with it,” he says – but Netflix is “now commissioning YouTubers to make their brain rot and putting it back…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}