I wasn't even aware till now that people make and publish offensive videos.
It may be perhaps I was living in a fools' paradise to have not guessed about it in the least, if not more.
After all, why do they make offensive video clips at all? Do you really need them in the public domain? If that is one face of it, the other is tolerance by popular video communities such as YouTube.
The toleration is in leniency and the time they take to block or delete offensive video clips.
For example, YouTube's policy against patently offensive videos requires it to wait until apprised of by users, a process which is under nobody's control.
Secondly, there are allegations of flawed policies of video sites, particularly by religious and political groups.
YouTube appears to be protecting Islam alone if you go by the number of pending reports against video clips offensive of other religions.
A few days ago, YouTube was totally blocked in Turkey when video clips offending their founder appeared.
Thailand did the same after videos conceived to offend the revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej and their citizens were found.
Obviously it is impossible to moderate videos in real rime considering the uploaded volume but the bigger handicap is the lack of automated screening systems on the lines adult picture screening facilities in browsers.
This problem of offensive videos is multidimensional which can't be curbed by tightening one end leaving the other as it is.
Some governments, like the Thai government, are having a dialog with YouTube and Google to resolve the issue of offensive videos permanently so as to allow their citizens access them.
However, other countries have not been so charitable to offensive videos and the sites, mainly YouTube; they've were very critical of some video clips with a politician publicly criticizing the site for videos offensive to their national interests.
Strangely, YouTube is the most banned site for offensive videos than others for obvious reasons.
Offensive Comments for Video Clips It is rather simple to expect profanity or personal attacks on offending videos and easier it is to comment offensively on other people's comments.
Here the viewers, not the publishers can be faulted.
YouTube, of late, is monitoring this unprovoked activity.
Now it is mandatory that comments are approved.
It is for the users that the community is being run.
All attempts by them will be useless if users choose to cross socio-political limits.
We need to understand that policing the huge virtual community is impossible and restraint is the best policy.
It may be perhaps I was living in a fools' paradise to have not guessed about it in the least, if not more.
After all, why do they make offensive video clips at all? Do you really need them in the public domain? If that is one face of it, the other is tolerance by popular video communities such as YouTube.
The toleration is in leniency and the time they take to block or delete offensive video clips.
For example, YouTube's policy against patently offensive videos requires it to wait until apprised of by users, a process which is under nobody's control.
Secondly, there are allegations of flawed policies of video sites, particularly by religious and political groups.
YouTube appears to be protecting Islam alone if you go by the number of pending reports against video clips offensive of other religions.
A few days ago, YouTube was totally blocked in Turkey when video clips offending their founder appeared.
Thailand did the same after videos conceived to offend the revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej and their citizens were found.
Obviously it is impossible to moderate videos in real rime considering the uploaded volume but the bigger handicap is the lack of automated screening systems on the lines adult picture screening facilities in browsers.
This problem of offensive videos is multidimensional which can't be curbed by tightening one end leaving the other as it is.
Some governments, like the Thai government, are having a dialog with YouTube and Google to resolve the issue of offensive videos permanently so as to allow their citizens access them.
However, other countries have not been so charitable to offensive videos and the sites, mainly YouTube; they've were very critical of some video clips with a politician publicly criticizing the site for videos offensive to their national interests.
Strangely, YouTube is the most banned site for offensive videos than others for obvious reasons.
Offensive Comments for Video Clips It is rather simple to expect profanity or personal attacks on offending videos and easier it is to comment offensively on other people's comments.
Here the viewers, not the publishers can be faulted.
YouTube, of late, is monitoring this unprovoked activity.
Now it is mandatory that comments are approved.
It is for the users that the community is being run.
All attempts by them will be useless if users choose to cross socio-political limits.
We need to understand that policing the huge virtual community is impossible and restraint is the best policy.
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