Hey Mom and Dad! Did you send your kid to Sesame Street's YouTube channel this weekend? You might want to check in with them and make sure they didn't catch a glimpse of the explicit pornographic videos that were posted there for a while.
We wish we were joking.
On Sunday afternoon, Sesame Street's YouTube channel was removed by YouTube administration. In its place was a page explaining the channel had been removed “due to repeated or severe violations of our community guidelines.” But don't worry! The page is back to all its child-safe glory, complete with an apology for someone else's behavior.
“We apologize for any inconvenience our audience may have experienced yesterday on our Sesame Street YouTube channel,” the channel's homepage reads. “Our channel was temporarily compromised, but we have since restored our original line-up of the best classic Sesame Street video clips featuring Cookie Monster, Big Bird, Grover, Oscar the Grouch, and the rest of the fuzzy, feathered, and googly-eyed friends you remember from childhood.”
For a bit, the page had a claim of responsibility but one of the YouTube users mentioned says he had nothing to do with it.
“I did not hack Sesame Street. I am an honest YouTuber,” the user, identified as “MrEdxwx,” posted on his account. “I work hard to make quality gameplay videos, and most important I respect the community guidelines.”
We wish we were joking.
On Sunday afternoon, Sesame Street's YouTube channel was removed by YouTube administration. In its place was a page explaining the channel had been removed “due to repeated or severe violations of our community guidelines.” But don't worry! The page is back to all its child-safe glory, complete with an apology for someone else's behavior.
“We apologize for any inconvenience our audience may have experienced yesterday on our Sesame Street YouTube channel,” the channel's homepage reads. “Our channel was temporarily compromised, but we have since restored our original line-up of the best classic Sesame Street video clips featuring Cookie Monster, Big Bird, Grover, Oscar the Grouch, and the rest of the fuzzy, feathered, and googly-eyed friends you remember from childhood.”
For a bit, the page had a claim of responsibility but one of the YouTube users mentioned says he had nothing to do with it.
“I did not hack Sesame Street. I am an honest YouTuber,” the user, identified as “MrEdxwx,” posted on his account. “I work hard to make quality gameplay videos, and most important I respect the community guidelines.”
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