Youtube deletes more than 400 channels due to accusations of child exploitation

I'm not surprised there was some form of child exploitation going on there (Virtually every platform has some kind of undesirables who abuse it). But I am kind of surprised it was apparently so widespread. 400 channels? And that is only the ones they found.

I have never searched for things like nude yoga or "hauls" of any kind. But now I'm glad I never did. At least YouTube is quick to respond to this kind of thing when alerted.
 
From what I gathered its mostly the comments made and the dark community forming in them that is the issue as opposed to really sketchy videos
 
Sundancer said:
From what I gathered its mostly the comments made and the dark community forming in them that is the issue as opposed to really sketchy videos
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Exactly, which is why it’ll be impossible for YT to fix this, other than to ban any kind of kids being on their site(in the videos), or just taking away the comment section for everyone. It’s literalky a lose/lose situation. Sure, get rid of the pedo time stamps in the comments, but what else do they expect? There’s no fix.
 
Sundancer said:
From what I gathered its mostly the comments made and the dark community forming in them that is the issue as opposed to really sketchy videos
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It is not just that. The material in a lot of these videos are questionable to outright obvious. Especially when you consider some of the choices for the image for a video.
 
Its definitely not just YouTube. Its Google and porn sites especially and imo it's gotten worse in the past 10 years. There are some truly disgusting popup ads that have to be breaking child pornography laws and results in Google's own search results that appear with even the most innocuous searches at times. Idk if the content "leaks" over from the dark web or if it's just a lack of over site causing it but its unacceptable. I'm all for freedom of expression and think porn sites should be legal, and I dont even know how responsible pornsites are for popup ads and third party links but theres gotta be a way of policing this shirt without hurting the freedom and function of the internet. Child pornography and child exploitation should not be a forking popup ad.
 
Why would anyone search for nude yoga anyway? Surely if that's what you're searching for over on YouTube, then maybe PornHub is where you should be at?
 
Flash525 said:
Why would anyone search for nude yoga anyway? Surely if that's what you're searching for over on YouTube, then maybe PornHub is where you should be at?
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Googles Image search is the biggest and most convenient access/path to any sort of nudeography. In the case of nude images it's actually safer because you can view the images without entering the site hosting the image. Which is an added barrier between your computer and a pornsite's malicious malware. Google image search also collects and links to thousands and millions of sites and can show those images from all those sites. A single site like pornhub cant do that and has a much more limited library.

That's how I find all the images I look for. Its especially convenient when I need a gif for a response to a post.
 
Marvolo said:
Googles Image search is the biggest and most convenient access/path to any sort of nudeography. In the case of nude images it's actually safer because you can view the images without entering the site hosting the image. Which is an added barrier between your computer and a pornsite's malicious malware. Google image search also collects and links to thousands and millions of sites and can show those images from all those sites. A single site like pornhub cant do that and has a much more limited library.
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It's a shame the internet isn't … I don't want to say policed, but governed somewhat. Anyone can create a website, it would be nice if there was a body in place that people had to go hrough first; like a registration, and depending on the type of website, you'd get a different extension before the .com/.co.uk etc

Got a business?
http://www.websitename.business.co.uk
Got a personal website?

Then they can introduce a nudeography domain which you'd again have to register for. There'd be no distinct costs applied, just access rights. Might help on the excessive adverts and malware/viruses.
 
ln theory that is a great idea. In practice you have overreach and creep where the governing body slowly begins to take action over more and more "objectionable" sites regardless of whether they are in the original scope or not.

The EU's article 13 is a great example of looking good at first glance but the details show an ugly reality.
 
Flash525 said:
It's a shame the internet isn't … I don't want to say policed, but governed somewhat. Anyone can create a website, it would be nice if there was a body in place that people had to go hrough first; like a registration, and depending on the type of website, you'd get a different extension before the .com/.co.uk etc

Got a business?
http://www.websitename.business.co.uk
Got a personal website?

Then they can introduce a nudeography domain which you'd again have to register for. There'd be no distinct costs applied, just access rights. Might help on the excessive adverts and malware/viruses.
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There are domain meanings it's just poorly implemented and optional. Foe example,

.com - commercial businesses

.info - information

.net - The name is derived from the word network, indicating it was originally intended for organizations involved in networking technologies, such as Internet service providers and other infrastructure companies. However, restrictions were never enforced and the domain is now a general purpose namespace.


.edu - educational institutions

.org - The domain was originally intended for non-profit entities, but this restriction was not enforced and has been removed. The domain is commonly used by schools, open-source projects, and communities, but also by some for-profit entities.

They are general purpose however which means any website can use them even if the website doesnt have anything to do with the domain's meaning. I could start a blog about unicorns and register it with a .net even tho my blog qouldnt have a damn thing to do with networking.

Domain name - Wikipedia

Back in 2011 a .XXX domain was created and introduced for porn sites, but its optional and not widely used.
 
This won't be a problem solved any time soon. There are still those that defend the rock groups of the 70s and 80s for having sex with underage girls because "it was a different time" and the girls consented.

I think this ties into toxic masculinity. Going after young girls is a symptom of a power struggle that some men are losing. Manipulating and exploiting girls (and also young boys) is a way to get that power back.
 
Looks like YT is going to be a lot more strict with the comments section. This will just incentivize trolls to hit channels they don't like harder. I predict a lot of channels will disable comments. This is not looking good for YT.

 
Its about damn time. Youtube's comment sections are generally filled with junk, filth, racist bile, and worthless nonsense. I'm surprised advertisers and channel creators have put up with it for as long as they have.
 
99% of the time I do ignore YouTube's comment section, regardless of what the video is about. Even the most inane, innocous videos can have some awful comments.
 
The Flat Earthers commenting on science videos is truly a sight to behold.
 
Marvolo said:
Its about damn time. Youtube's comment sections are generally filled with junk, filth, racist bile, and worthless nonsense. I'm surprised advertisers and channel creators have put up with it for as long as they have.
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Yeah, but it's a backwards fix, and it hurts the creators more than anything. So if a creator makes a mundane video that had a kid in it, and a pedo does this time stamp thingy, why would you demonetize the creator? If you can determine that a comment is bad enough for demonetization, why not just automatically delete it, ban the account of the person who made the comment, and report it to the police? To me, it's just a backwards fix. Because with this, comments could potentially stay up. So all of that stuff you just mentioned will stay, but it'll get the creator demonetized.
 
Travesty said:
Looks like YT is going to be a lot more strict with the comments section. This will just incentivize trolls to hit channels they don't like harder. I predict a lot of channels will disable comments. This is not looking good for YT.

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This is stupid beyond belief. They've literally just weaponised the comments section.
 
Try-on hauls is how a lot of these Instagram models pay their bills. They gain a huge following almost over night with that. I wonder if YT is going to start limiting these, but that would be a whole other issue I'd imagine.
 
Marvolo said:
Its about damn time. Youtube's comment sections are generally filled with junk, filth, racist bile, and worthless nonsense. I'm surprised advertisers and channel creators have put up with it for as long as they have.
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Except they've put the burden on the creators to monitor their comments section, which is an impossible task. Not to mention - it can now be weaponised. If anyone thinks this is a good idea they don't understand how royally forked up it is for youtubers in terms of getting their royalties already. You add in this extra layer now where their videos can now be bombarded with negative comments in an attempted to demonitise them. This is a terrible solution that doesn't actually fix anything, if anything, it's going to make it worse.
 
jmc said:
Except they've put the burden on the creators to monitor their comments section, which is an impossible task. Not to mention - it can now be weaponised. If anyone thinks this is a good idea they don't understand how royally ****ed up it is for youtubers in terms of getting their royalties already. You add in this extra layer now where their videos can now be bombarded with negative comments in an attempted to demonitise them. This is a terrible solution that doesn't actually fix anything, if anything, it's going to make it worse.
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I cant blame advertisers for not wanting to advertise where people are posting trash, racism, and filth. Like it or not the comments section is a part of a video's page so the channel operator is responsible for keeping an eye on it.

If I was a Youtube channel operator I'd disable comments on every video and just provide a link to a social media account where comments can be posted about my videos. That way advertisers dont have to worry about comments and junk on the video page.
 
It comes down to this. Does youtube care more about their money? Or the money for creators? Frankly, this was threatening youtube's ability to make money, so they go full on scorched earth.
 
Marvolo said:
I cant blame advertisers for not wanting to advertise where people are posting trash, racism, and filth. Like it or not the comments section is a part of a video's page so the channel operator is responsible for keeping an eye on it.

If I was a Youtube channel operator I'd disable comments on every video and just provide a link to a social media account where comments can be posted about my videos. That way advertisers dont have to worry about comments and junk on the video page.
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You know damn well that’s an impossible task epscially when it becomes weaponised, which it will because we already see endless abuse of the copyright system on the site. Without the creators there is no YouTube. Turning off the comments section will drive traffic away, less involvement with their audience, meaning less views and even less money for the creators. So many people on the platform have built their business around it and have already been squeezed dry as is. It basically means now they have no control over their videos, no matter how much effort they go into ensuring it’s advertiser friendly. There’s already one channel with 700k subs that’s about as G rated as you can get who got an email from YouTube saying their comments will be disabled because some of their content features kids. The whole channel. This is an absurd solution that punishes creators and worst does absolutely nothing to rid the platform of their problem.
 
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Not too familiar with YouTube as a platform, but do the comments play an active role in helping a video get monetised, do they inform the algorithm positively? My impression is that they don't and only impact a vid negatively with bad comments getting flagged.
 
Comments kind of equate to ratings alongside views I think. Kind of shows that people are actually taking time to write stuff, whether relevant or not.
 
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