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There is a difference between TV, Comics and Videogames that were all demonized in a similar way to this.

The difference is they all had a quality and decency barrier. YouTube videos are just made by random people with the absolute minimal of moderation. A kids TV show in the 90s wouldn't use an image of a woman dressed as Elsa cutting off her tongue with real scissors to try and clickbait children into watching it.

The actual video it's replaced with a gummy candy tongue, but the thumbnail it's her own tongue with real scissors and YouTube allowed this for months, it was an extremely popular video and channel.

and this is all before we get into the fact TV was consumed in the family room and tablets are solitary harder to control consumption.