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YouTube Safety Mode: block "... violence such as a political protest or ..."
- stakent 17y agoFound via http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2010-02-10-n58.html http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2010-02-10-n58.html
- hvs 17y agoPolitical protests in Iran have proven to be plenty violent. I can understand why some people may not want to see them.
- docgnome 17y agoAnd just because you don't watch the violent protest video doesn't mean you are unaware of what's going on. I can read about how violent the protests are with out having to watch some guy getting his head bashed in.
- docgnome 17y agoSeriously? Do we really need to post sensationalist headlines? What is this? Reddit? "An example of this type of content might be a newsworthy video that contains graphic violence such as a political protest or war coverage." They are not talking about _blocking_ political protest videos. They are talking about filtering ones containing graphic violence for those who want to opt in. Take a chill pill. This isn't a plan by The Man to keep you down. It's a feature to help parents who want to filter the content their children see or for people who don't want to see graphic violence at all.
- Frazzydee 17y agoHow is this sensationalist? It's a user-enabled mode that allows for optional blocking of potentially objectionable content. The word "block" does not imply that the block, for lack of a better word, is server-imposed rather than user-selected.
- Frazzydee 17y agoIsn't there already a button you have to press for content that may be unsuitable for minors? Sounds like this may be the first step for Google identifying content that needs to be removed if youtube were to operate in China.