Disturbing images embedded in children's YouTube videos are about parents in countries in the region

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCOV) –

While watching the news or a movie, your children are likely to watch videos online. But this video may contain images that you do not want them to see.

ABC News 4 heard mothers discover that disturbing clips were assembled into videos watched by their children.

Dr. Free Hess is a pediatrician and mother. She's given a mission to find videos with inappropriate images for children integrated inside.

So she started a website called PediMom and recorded a clip of a video on YouTube before it was removed.

The video begins with a very energetic cartoon character that kids may like. But about four minutes later, Dr. Hess says that a man appears and shows you how to cut your wrists.

She recorded it and shared it with us out of fear. She has also posted on PediMom.

Dr. Hess and other mothers also complained to Google, the owner of YouTube. "We finally managed to get the second one removed, again, by forcing thousands of people to report it, and it blew up even more."

A spokesman for YouTube sent ABC News 4 a statement about the clip: "The video violated the guidelines of our community and was removed."

"People take these clips and embed them in the video center," says Dr. Hess.

Jamey Mellis, an expert in computer security, explains that a video clip is easier to cross security filters.

"Maybe they're creating their own content, and the content goes through a filtering system, and the board says it's bad, and we're not going to let it go," says Mellis. "But if they take a short clip and imbed it In a good video, the video filter will look at it and let it pass."

YouTube states, "It removes millions of videos and strings that violate our rules, thus removing the majority of readers before they can get an opinion."

Dr. Hess is worried about those who pass through.

"When reported cases are dangerous, especially for children, I wish there is a better system for immediately removing those that are deleted."

YouTube says, "Supports both user tagging and smart detection technology to report this content to our reviewers, and we are always working to improve our systems."

If you are concerned about what your children are watching, you can go to the Common Sense Media website to see if they are looking at something that suits their age.