Block/Hide opt for Ryan's World On HULU

Block/Hide opt for Ryan's World On HULU

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February 9, 2022
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Started by Emma Rho

I thought I was the only parent upset over this show, as it turns out a quick web search showed their was a good 1,000+.

This show teaches nothing. its materialistic pushing toys and junk food. it exploits a child he made his parents 33k in the last year (from my findings) making these videos from the time he could crawl that alone should be reason enough to remove it from hulu. yet all the parents I've seen only want to block it. Please provide this option. this belongs back on youtube with all the other garbage. honestly I think the children of this home should have a visit from cps and investigated for the legalities of running a studio with minors under the age of 14 as laborers. but all I am asking with this petition is to get it off hulu.

Child Exploitation source Pogikonjo.wordpress.com Reads:

"Loann and Shion Kaji have been exploiting their son, Ryan Kaji for years on YouTube to satisfy their greed and selfish money desires. In 2016, Their popular YouTube channel, Ryan ToysReview, which features Ryan as the main attraction, generated approximately $11 million. However, unsatisfied with Ryan’s annual earnings, the Kaji’s made an executive decision to acquire 2 additional laborers (their children), Emma and Kate Kaji. As a result, in 2020, Loann and Shion amassed approximately $50 million through the exploitation of their 3 children by facilitating the upload of nonsense content onto YouTube. "

Loann and Shion Kaji are also exploiting your children
"YouTube allows the ability for its users to earn money based on a number of factors, but mainly through your child’s attention. In other words, when your child is allowed to repeatedly interact with the Kaji’s trickery and double-dealing, you are essentially giving them money in exchange for your children’s attention through viewership. "

PojiKonjo Also states that "That is not a home. That is a production studio
Loann and Shion Kaji are crossing the lines of law too. According to federal law, it has been found that exploitation of a child to gain economic gains is illegal in various manners. To be precise, the federal law has clearly illustrated that 14 years is the legal age for children to properly work and earn for themselves. It is clear that Ryan is below the standard of 14 years of age (“Child Labor Provisions of the Fair Labor Standards..”)."

The Problem With Ryan's World, According to Experts | Fatherly (Fatherly.com)

an article on Fatherly reads as follows:

"Ryan’s World videos are a particular type of Internet hell. They include science instructions, personal family vlogs, footage from family trips, and woefully unfunny “skits” about the parents’ office antics. But the heart of the channel is the unboxing toy reviews, where Kaji opens and reacts to new toys. The videos where he opens giant eggs filled with unknown varieties of toys from brands like Transformers and Minions are among his most popular —his video of opening a Cars-themed egg has over a billion views and he so thoroughly conquered the surprise toy egg space that major retailers sell Ryan’s World-branded eggs today. But he doesn’t just open eggs. He test rides kid-sized ATVs, spins Spider-man webbing toys and visits kid-friendly vacation spots like Legoland.

Many kids find Kaji’s authentic-seeming wonderment and delight with new toys hypnotic and relatable and often mimic his behavior in the videos. His influence isn’t lost on toy companies searching for social media boosts for their products. 

Herein lies the real trouble. Ryan’s World toy reviews mix organic and sponsored content. And the non-profit consumer watchdog group Truth in Advertising believes they don’t sufficiently distinguish between the two. In late 2019, TINA accused the Kajis of violating FTC law, saying their sponsored videos have deceived millions of young children, who’re unable to tell the difference between advertising and organic content.

The TINA complaint is the most high-profile criticism of Ryan’s World but it’s not alone. The channel’s emphasis on novelty-driven consumerism has left many parents ranging from uneasy to annoyed to seething with rage."

Ryan’s World, According to Children’s Media Expert and Pediatrician

"These unboxing videos, I kind of think of them as consumer porn. It’s this vicarious surprise and excitement of opening something. "

Ryan’s World, According to a Media Psychologist 

"Unboxing videos are a new thing. And every time we get a new technology, we have a moral panic. This always happens when something is unknown.  We want to protect society and certainly our young from something that’s potentially dangerous. And this is a natural reaction because stuff we don’t understand is more likely to be dangerous than stuff that we already figured out."

These articles are just to name a few but they hit hard. ontop of these articles you don't have to look far to find tons of reddit post of frustrated parents upset with the nonsense but also the exploitation of this child Ryan.

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