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YouTube bans 'suggestive' vids (Terrorist OK)
TheSun ^ | 12/3/08 | LEON WATSON

Posted on 12/03/2008 10:09:24 AM PST by Sammy67

YOUTUBE is cracking down on sexy videos in a bid to clean itself up. In a blog posting, the video-sharing website revealed it would be enforcing a "stricter standard for mature content".

The popular site – which already bans porn – said it will be "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," the Google-owned website said.

"Our goal is to help ensure that you're viewing content that's relevant to you, and not inadvertently coming across content that isn't."

Provocative

YouTube also said videos which contain sexually suggestive content or profanity would no longer appear on its lists of 'Most Viewed' or 'Top Favorited' videos.

The internet's top video-sharing site also said it would step up enforcement of

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: business; crime; enemycombatants; freedom; google; googleterrorism; internet; jihad; news; porn; searchengine; smackdown; terrorism; videos; war; web; wot; youtube

1 posted on 12/03/2008 10:09:24 AM PST by Sammy67
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To: Sammy67
Will criticism of socialism also be provocative? One wonders...
2 posted on 12/03/2008 10:10:51 AM PST by 5thGenTexan
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To: Sammy67
they'll be available only to viewers who are 18 or older

And, as we all know, no one lies about their age on teh interweb. ;)

3 posted on 12/03/2008 10:11:16 AM PST by CE2949BB (Fight.)
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To: Sammy67
Start the clock. Im betting this gets pulled before sundown.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Jm9xgn8kUE

4 posted on 12/03/2008 10:11:16 AM PST by DogBarkTree (Sometimes you have to let it go in order to get a Grip.)
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To: Sammy67
in a bid to clean itself up

Good luck with that.
5 posted on 12/03/2008 10:18:22 AM PST by snowrip (Liberal? YOU ARE A SOCIALIST WITH NO RATIONAL ARGUMENT.)
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To: DogBarkTree

That is a pretty funny video...hehehe


6 posted on 12/03/2008 10:24:51 AM PST by DonaldC
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To: StarCMC

Lookie here.


7 posted on 12/03/2008 10:31:23 AM PST by netmilsmom (Psalm 109:8 - Let his days be few; and let another take his office)
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To: DogBarkTree

I like to move it move it
He like to move it move it
She like to move it move it

YOU LIKE TO, MOVE IT!


8 posted on 12/03/2008 10:53:59 AM PST by ari-freedom (Conservatives solve problems. Libertarians ignore problems. Liberals create problems.)
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To: DogBarkTree

I can’t believe it lasted 5 minutes. But I captured and saved it.


9 posted on 12/03/2008 12:09:46 PM PST by doug from upland (8 million views of .HILLARY! UNCENSORED - put some ice on it, witch)
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To: Sammy67
Obama's brownshirts are gonna clamp down hard on Youtube.

There are some very funny videos there that poke fun at The Black Racist, but I doubt they will stay online for much longer.

The Amazing Obama cannot be questioned or ridiculed, and if he is, then off to the re-education camps for you!!!!!!!!

10 posted on 12/03/2008 1:00:26 PM PST by Prole (Please pray for the families of Chris and Channon. May God always watch over them.)
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To: doug from upland

The Obamatrons will remove it eventually but they will keep the Islamo jihadi stuff up. Go figure.


11 posted on 12/03/2008 1:36:45 PM PST by DogBarkTree (Sometimes you have to let it go in order to get a Grip.)
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To: Sammy67

It’s still ok to show Daniel Pearl being beheaded or the body of MAJ Troy Gilbert though. Go figure.


12 posted on 12/04/2008 5:56:27 AM PST by StarCMC (Sometimes you need a Jimmy Carter to get a Ronald Reagan.)
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To: netmilsmom

Thanks for the ping!!


13 posted on 12/04/2008 5:56:43 AM PST by StarCMC (Sometimes you need a Jimmy Carter to get a Ronald Reagan.)
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To: Sammy67

Um, sure their trying to clean up their content.(sarcasm)
I would never let any child onto their website, and am very appaled myself at the content, and they refuse to clean their website up. I have reported numerous partially nude videos that have been displayed on thier site, and they refuse to remove them. They are a website for people to market free porn. It’s disgusting. I wish there was an alternative to Youtube, that is family friendly, and would give them a run for their money.


14 posted on 12/04/2008 8:40:05 PM PST by FRGOPPER
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