Fucked up video clips

Manipulated videos, audio and images have been around for years, but the rise of artificial intelligence and advanced editing software have made them much, much harder to spot. Usually, we think of this deception in terms of political tricks. Several videos and images passed around during this US presidential campaign have turned out to be doctored. But the trickery goes deeper than that, and these manipulated pieces of content can emerge in unexpected forms. Telephone scams, catfishing schemes and social media trolling campaigns can all be launched with such fakery, and they can create equally unexpected consequences.

Warning: The following article contains videos featuring content which you may wish to avoid. YouTube is a wonderful treasure trove of moving-picture goodness, from sneezing pandas to full uploads of Knightmare episodes. But it's also an incredibly dark place if you dig deep enough. There are some videos which are so damn creepy and weird that they're likely to give you nightmares for days. Here are some of the scariest and most downright odd videos that you can watch right now. Proceed at your own peril.

Skip to Content. From the strange to the freaky to the downright disturbing — check out our list of weird music videos. Written by Lauren Murphy. Considering that music videos are still relatively new as a concept — artists didn't begin putting effort into purpose-made clips for their songs until around the s — it's managed to excel as an art form, often expressing and condensing some seriously impressive emotions and stories into a three or four-minute-long clip.

As parents increasingly question the effects technology has on their children's health and well-being, many are alarmed by the slew of reports coming out about malicious content on YouTube targeting children as young as two years old. In recent months parents and psychotherapists have reported that perpetrators have manipulated content from well-known beloved children's franchises, such as Entertainment One's Peppa Pig, Nickelodeon's PAW Patrol and Disney's Frozen and Mickey Mouse, and inserted inappropriate and disturbing content involving popular characters. More from Modern Medicine: Apple urged to take action on smartphone addiction some call 'digital heroin' Internet addiction is sweeping America, affecting millions Scientists narrow down the startling risk factors that can cause autism.