Lack of Control
YouTube have a lack of control.
People can upload whatever they want with little level of control in place. As you can see in the articles below YouTube have allowed such horrendous videos to be posted online. Sometimes, the videos are removed after a sufficient amount of complaints are served, however, simply removing them does not solve the problem. They should never have been allowed online in the first place. Once YouTube realise that they have to control the videos posted before they are actually online YouTube would be a happier place.
The video which disturbs me the most is ‘’YouTube Rape’ Mum Condemns Perverts Who Watched Online Footage’. The fact that over 600 people viewed this footage sickens me further. This is the kind of footage which encourages other criminals to carry out such crime. It’s sad that this is what YouTube has come to…gang rape footage, threats against schools, footage of officers behaving badly etc.
Aside from some of the footage being inappropriate, the comments on the videos can be even worse. Beyonce’s video for the song Listen attracted over 9 million viewers and over 6,000 comments. Among those comments – which were mainly from her fans – were crude racist remarks. There is nothing wrong with the video, or the song, in fact it’s a lovely song with beautiful lyrics, however, people still made offensive racist remarks which sparked off an argument within the comment page. YouTube did mark some racist comments as spam however the majority is still there when it should be removed. Unfortunately there are many other similar comments on other videos. This is a clear example of how YouTube lack control over the content being posted on their site.
I’m not saying that YouTube is an awful website, in fact I think highly of it in certain aspects. I think it’s great how music videos, funny scenes from movies, interviews with famous people, documentaries and other such footage are posted on YouTube.
However, they have to up their control over the videos and comments posted on the website.
What do you think? All comments welcome…
March 5, 2008 at 2:27 pm
The problem with youtube is it would be impossible to track every video posted before it’s submitted and the demand is too strong to take it down.. there’ll always be an alternative.
March 6, 2008 at 1:14 am
I agree that in reality it would be impossible to track every video posted before it’s submitted but something must be done. They shouldn’t just ignore the situation or wait till it’s reported on the news to take it down.
March 9, 2008 at 2:59 pm
i dissagree, i actually think that you tube is an amazing invention, and the fact that all kinds of videos can be distributed is a great thing. However i do thin k that if a video is too horrific, rascist or offensive it should be taken off, but i don’t think that all videos should be checked before they go on. And if the thought is to prevent people from learning how to carry out bad actions through you tube, firstly films do a much better job than you tube does…songs about killing and hate much the same. Finally the fact that many criminals can actually be cought being stupid enough to put their crimes on the web. If more criminals did that more would be caught. So i think censory is only required if enough people complain about the video that has been put up, not if some random rascits comment on a video, that is always going to happen.
March 10, 2008 at 4:37 pm
Your blog highlights the reality of the 21st century in which children and teenagers all over the world are exposed to rude and violent sights through the internet.
The articles are very interesting.
March 16, 2008 at 9:13 pm
I disagree.
YouTube is the highest form of freedom of speech, and freedom of expression within a 21st century modern society. We can all agree that minors should not be exposed to violent or inappropriate content, however the ability to publish such material should not be banned or demonised.