YouTube (UK only for now) Bans Videos Of Weapons

[The Straight Story]

Video-sharing site YouTube has changed its UK policy to exclude videos which show weapons being used to intimidate people.

Change in policy for YouTube

The move, which does not affect the rest of the world, comes amid growing concern about knife and gun crime in the UK.

YouTube has certain guidelines which are used to vet videos appearing on the site.

White material cannot be vetted as it goes up, the company checks any video which is reported to it to see if it contravenes guidelines.

The change will not be retrospective, meaning that YouTube in the UK is not currently clear of videos showing intimidatory violence, as if they had been reported previously they would not have gone against YouTube policy.

However, anything reported now or in the future will be removed, so the company says the site should be clear of such material shortly.

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Technology/YouTube-Bans-Intimidatory-Violence-And-Weapons-Videos-In-UK/Article/200809315102146

[IndianaJones]

1. next up, G-23 Paxilon Hydrochlorate. nt.

[Chulanowa]

2. How silly

We all know the root cause of violence is motherfucking youtube, right?

[krispos42]

3. They're trying desperately to make their society violence-free

And they're being absolutely Puritannical about it. I suspect this will work about as well as past attempts to stamp out extramaritial and premaritial sex by dressing up women in beekeeper suits.