I just noticed the pornography this year! I've never come close to looking for or at anything that could be remotely considered pornographic, ( I'm a middle aged Black woman!) (I used to joke to my friend at work that YouTube thinks I'm a horny, straight, white dude) because most of the stuff it's rec'ing couldnt possibly be based on what I'm searching for, watching, or liking!
I assumed that there was something in my history that triggered it (Paris fashion week? Gay ballroom voguing?) and it stopped when I, once again, cleared my watch history and searches. I'm guessing the animal abuse videos are triggered by watching anything with cute animals?