Title: YouTube staff too swamped to filter out all
terror-related content
Summary:
This article is about how the volume
of content regularly uploaded to YouTube makes it tough for the
video-sharing website to catch all terror-related content, and how it is
different for nudity for certain videos depending on its content.
Fact/Phrases:
Ø About
300 hours of video material is being uploaded to YouTube every minute, said Google policy
manager Verity Harding, who stated: “To pre-screen those videos before they are
uploaded would be like screening a phone call before it’s made.”
Ø When
a Scotland Yard unit recently told Google about material that did not comply
with the company’s own guidelines, de Kerchove said 93% of that content was
removed. But when individuals flag up problems only a third of it is taken
down.
Ø “YouTube
has clear policies that prohibit content like gratuitous violence, hate speech
and incitement to commit violent acts, and we remove videos violating these
policies when flagged by our users.”
Opinion:
In my opinion, this article highlights censorship and how
important it is in terms of protecting sensitive audiences from harmful content,
like porn and the beheadings.
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