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Title: YouTube gun ban drives bloggers to PornHub
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BBC
URL Source: http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-43500714
Published: Mar 22, 2018
Author: BBC
Post Date: 2018-03-22 14:03:14 by Willie Green
Keywords: None
Views: 2097
Comments: 14
YouTube has banned videos that show people how to manufacture or modify guns and their accessories. It had already banned videos linked to the sale of guns and accessories. Many firearms enthusiasts noticed that some of their videos had been removed from the video-sharing website and some had their channels suspended. Prominent gun video-bloggers said the move was an erosion of US citizens' rights, and some said they would move their content to PornHub instead. YouTube's policies now prohibit videos that: The change was met with anger from some videomakers who modify guns and show off their creations as a hobby. Karl Kasarda and Ian McCollum, who run the gun review site InRangeTV, said they had started posting their videos on Facebook and pornography site PornHub. "We will not be seeking any monetisation from PornHub... we are merely looking for a safe harbour for our content and for our viewers," the pair said in a statement. Firearms manufacturer Spike's Tactical said the change reflected attempts to "slowly chip away at our freedoms and erode our rights". Videomaker Joerg Sprave said he appreciated YouTube was "now defining their guidelines" more clearly. But he said the change had been introduced without a transitional period. "Many gun channels must now be afraid," he told news site Motherboard. "They should at least get some time to clean up their videos so the new rules are kept." On Tuesday, YouTube was criticised after the Sun newspaper found step-by-step instructions on how to build an air rifle on YouTube Kids, the company's app for children. Despite being designed for children, its content is curated by algorithms. Inappropriate videos have repeatedly slipped through the net. In February, the BBC's Newsround programme found instructions on how to sharpen knives on YouTube Kids. At the time, YouTube said it had a variety of processes in place to try to prevent inappropriate material appearing on its platforms. Poster Comment:
InRangeTV has moved some of its videos to PornHub
In one light-hearted video, Joerg Sprave makes a weapon that fires pencilsUnsuitable for children
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#1. To: Willie Green (#0)
Willie, seriously -- what's your opinion on Social Media monopolies that selectively censor freedoms and truths based solely on ideology? Doesn't it reek exactly of what JR did over at FR? (Fall in line OR ELSE!)
Lucianne Goldberg is the only one I can remember who actually backstabbed Stumpy Robinson and tried to steel FReepers away from him. (Called him a "mean little shit" or something like that...) Anyway... Ol' Jimbo's schizophrenia sooner or later drove everybody else away... But any website based solely on ideology is gonna become an Echo Chamber for the dumbed-down faithful... and they'll censor anything that doesn't fit... It doesn't have to be about politics... websites devoted to "religion A" don't want anybody promoting "religion B or C" or any other "heresy"... And websites about pet cats don't want to listen to heresy about dogs, goldfish or parakeets... But none of that has to do with YouTube... YouTube isn't about ideology... It's about making money... and about appealing to the widest audience and avoiding controversy And right now, guns & the NRA are bad publicity that YouTube (and I assume Facebook and others) don't want to be associated with... Don't like it? Go somewhere else... (They're not a monopoly.) 10 Video Sites That Are Better Than YouTube Whether those other sites host gun videos, I can't say for sure... I'm just a weary old geezer... and the Internet has grown much larger than I could've imagined 20 years ago...
#4. To: Willie Green (#3)
You're really not paying any attention, then. YouTube is banning/censoring/culling CONSERVATIVES and monetized profits under the guise of "Fake News." (Just like JR's banning of those who don't toe the line at FR.) Don't like it? Go somewhere else... (They're not a monopoly.) So you're saying, "Tough sh*t."? And YES, Youtube IS a "Monopoly." Just like Facebook and G00gle. If you're going to be consistent in your perpetual whining about FR, ALL censorship is equal. But you're not Willie, are you? That makes you...a hypocrite. I was hoping for a little intellectual honesty from you, but I see you just don't have it in you anymore. Too bad.
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#3. To: Liberator (#1)
what's your opinion on Social Media monopolies that selectively censor freedoms and truths based solely on ideology?
Replies to Comment # 3. But none of that [censorship] has to do with YouTube... YouTube isn't about ideology... It's about making money... and about appealing to the widest audience and avoiding controversy
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