Sesame Street is in the news again, after several of its YouTube videos were swapped with pornographic material.
A hacker known only as Mredxwx, whose account was likely hijacked, posted the message: "Who doesn't like porn, kids?"
Fortunately the videos were removed within 20 minutes of the problem being spotted.
Google, which owns YouTube, maintained that its "Community Guidelines prohibit graphic content. As always, we remove inappropriate material as soon as we are made aware of it."
Good thing, because with more than 140,000 subscribers, videos of the American children's show have been watched almost half a billion times.
It is not the first time YouTube videos intended for kids have hacked and replaced with pornographic material.
In May 2010 the site deleted hundreds of children's videos mixed with adult material, including the Jonas Brothers and Hannah Montana.
Sigh. Yet another site for parents to watchdog.
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