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In a move that would make FCC Chairman Kevin Martin proud, YouTube laid out several goals for itself, half of which had to do with clamping down on sexual content. Rest assured, YouTube has "been thinking a lot lately" about how to make the entire video viewing experience a more pleasant one, and here's what it came up with:
The two other changes YouTube plans to make involve improving its thumbnails so that the image actually represents the video, and enforcing more accurate video information.
Like, dislike, or are indifferent to the changes? Hit the jump and post your thoughts.
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dankers
December 03, 2008 at 3:58pm
"Among other criteria, any video intended or designed to arouse viewers will be considered sexually suggestive."
So that means they are going to take down the Beastman vs. Skeletor vid?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZ1u2_PopPk
cjdavis7
December 03, 2008 at 3:50pm
I think this is a good move for YouTube. The change in policy doesn't remove anything from their site that wasn't going to be removed already under the old policy. They are just labeling things more accurately. That doesn't count as censorship to me. If you want to view it, you still can. But you will be less likely to encounter sexually explicit video on accident which in my opinion is a good thing.
rayatwork05
December 03, 2008 at 11:20am
youtube is doing a phenomenal job with this move. hurrah to any organiziation actually making a difference to the affect of censoring uneeded and inappropriate material.
i hope this evolves into FCC regulations and sanctions against public broadcasting of any media. would undoubtedly make this a better world.
nekollx
December 03, 2008 at 11:28am
Your kidding right? I can't tell.
But the idea of ALL media being cencored the way the FCC does is well...frightening...
Imagine no matture games, movies, websites, mashups, fan factions, or art.
*shudder*
nekollx
December 03, 2008 at 10:18am
you know there was a time Youtube was favored becaouse it let anyone share their vidies not just Hollywood. They keep going down this routh and they will put themselves out of bussiness
