YouTube has implemented "stricter standards for mature content," according to its blog: "While videos featuring pornographic images or sex acts are always removed from the site when they're flagged, we're tightening the standard for what is considered 'sexually suggestive.' Videos with sexually suggestive (but not prohibited) content will be age-restricted, which means they'll be available only to viewers who are 18 or older.” To learn more about what YouTube considers sexually suggestive content, click here. Meanwhile, Ning banished adult content altogether. "We don’t want to be in the policing business and, unchecked, that's where this is heading," a Ning source told ConnectSafely co-director Anne Collier. Tell us: Should other social networking sites follow? Why? Tx,
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ShannonGB
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Re: YouTube and Ning's new rules
Dec 22, 2008 12:51 PM
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I read it at CNET and I fully support what Ning did. However, it looks to me like they did it just to avoid lawsuits and not out of genuine concern. Good enough though, I do hope other sites follow suit. Sexy or adult ads do what they do best, to keep the viewer wanting more. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, it's better that no kid gets to see these in the first place or else the parents might run into a difficult time trying to prevent him from accessing adult material. I think there's no doubt that kids are more internet saavy than most parents. If they want to view something online they'll probably learn how to hack it. -- "Mother is God in the eyes of a child." Please visit http://instantamber.com/news/ for more updates. |
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Re: YouTube and Ning's new rules
Dec 19, 2008 12:18 PM
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I just today posted about another great development at YouTube - its new abuse-reporting & advice tool. These developments are important because of the phenomenal traffic video-sharing sites are getting, especially YouTube, where 5.4 billion (yes, "billion") videos were viewed in October, according to Net traffic measurer, comScore (I posted about that recently too). YouTube gets nearly 40% of all video-viewing traffic, comScore says. Happy holidays, everyone!
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Re: YouTube and Ning's new rules
Dec 19, 2008 11:34 AM
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I absolutely agree with these changes and would like to see more sites take similar actions.
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Java Junkie
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Re: YouTube and Ning's new rules
Dec 11, 2008 9:12 AM
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As a parent of a teen, I would like other sites to follow suit.
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YouTube and Ning's new rules
Dec 5, 2008 7:24 PM
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YouTube has implemented "stricter standards for mature content," according to its blog: "While videos featuring pornographic images or sex acts are always removed from the site when they're flagged, we're tightening the standard for what is considered 'sexually suggestive.' Videos with sexually suggestive (but not prohibited) content will be age-restricted, which means they'll be available only to viewers who are 18 or older.” To learn more about what YouTube considers sexually suggestive content, click here. Meanwhile, Ning banished adult content altogether. "We don’t want to be in the policing business and, unchecked, that's where this is heading," a Ning source told ConnectSafely co-director Anne Collier. Tell us: Should other social networking sites follow? Why? Tx,
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