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Ning, YouTube Crack Down on Porn
Wired: Epicenter —
... In a recent blog post entitled “A YouTube for All of Us,” the site outlines several new initiatives to help crack down on mature content, while continuing its policy of removing anything flagged and determined to be porn. ...
New Rules Mark New Era for YouTube [NewTeeVee]
GigaOM Network —
... YouTube, in an effort to tame and restrict some of the naughtier bits of content that make it onto the site, announced new community guidelines today. –Sniffle– Our little YouTube is getting all growed up. Accordng to a YouTube Blog post, the new rules are: Tightened standards for what is “sexually suggestive.” Anything deemed as such will be not viewable by those under 18 (good luck with that). Sexually suggestive videos and videos that contain swearing will be “algorithmically ...
New Rules Mark New Era for YouTube
NewTeeVee —
... YouTube, in an effort to tame and restrict some of the naughtier bits of content that make it onto the site, announced new community guidelines today. –Sniffle– Our little YouTube is getting all growed up.
Accordng to a YouTube Blog post, the new rules are:
Tightened standards for what is “sexually suggestive.” Anything deemed as such will be not viewable by those under 18 (good luck with that).
Sexually suggestive videos and videos that contain swearing will be “algorithmically demoted” on the Most ...
Ning puts the handcuffs on porno networks
Webware.com —
... Ning isn't the only site to be cracking the whip on porn. YouTube, owned by Google, said on Tuesday that it's "tightening the standard for what is considered 'sexually suggestive.'" ...
Sexually suggestive content: YouTube knows it when it sees it
VentureBeat —
... , the largest video-sharing site in the world, is cracking down on sexually suggestive content. It already removes sexually explicit acts and actual pornography, but now it’s going a step further. Videos that the company defines as sexually suggestive will be more heavily restricted based on users’ ages. Even possibly offensive videos that the company still allows on the site will be demoted within the site’s auto-recommendation features to shield them further from sensitive eyes. ...
YouTube Gets Tougher On Sexual Content
WebProNews Feed —
... Changes thumbnail selection process, too Marketers, young men, and YouTube's many bikini-clad seductresses are about to get an unpleasant surprise. As part of what appears to be a crackdown on both sexual content and more general attempts to mislead users, the video-sharing site is pushing the pretty ladies off some of its most popular pages. A post on the YouTube Blog makes the process official, stating, "Videos that are considered sexually suggestive, or that contain profanity, will be algorithmically demoted on our 'Most Viewed,' 'Top Favorited,' and other browse pages." ...
Ning says it can’t focus with all that sex going on
GMSV —
... for the benefit of all,” said Bianchini. “We can’t do that as efficiently as we need to and still support adult networks on Ning. It’s that simple. … (Focus) is important in all circumstances, but in this recession we have to be relentless in providing the most compelling service in the most efficient way possible. Therefore, from a practical perspective, the only practical answer we see is a clear elimination of adult networks from the Ning Platform altogether.” Coincidentally, YouTube also announced steps today to make its streets safer for decent folk (particularly ...
YouTube: Cover up and Stop Using Naughty Words
Technologizer —
... . In a blog post today , the YouTube team explained the impending changes. In the near future, videos will be algorithmically demoted if they contain sexually suggestive content and naughty words. The video site is also taking measures to place an age restriction on risque content. ...
YouTube Gets a Little Less Sleazy
Technologizer —
... . In a blog post today , the YouTube team explained the impending changes. In the near future, videos will be algorithmically demoted if they contain sexually suggestive content and naughty words. The video site is also taking measures to place an age restriction on risque content. ...
YouTube Cracks Down On Rick Rollers, Sexy Videos, And Guys That Put Pictures Of Babes Halfway Through All Their Videos
Podcasting News —
YouTube today announced a variety of changes at the site that are designed to help you view content that’s relevant to you and avoid content that isn’t. While YouTube’s focus is on making it harder for uploaders to trick people, the changes they’ve made affect everyone.
Here’s a rundown of the changes, from YouTube’s announcement:
Stricter standard for mature content - While videos featuring pornographic images or sex acts are always removed from the site when they’re flagged, ...
YouTube and Ning Just Say No to Sex
Bits —
... of time and manpower to sort out claims of copyright violations related to the unauthorized use of images. In addition, Ms. Bianchini said, the adult networks don’t generate enough advertising revenue to cover their costs. Moreover, she doesn’t want to “run afoul” of advertisers who might not want their content running alongside explicit material. YouTube, owned by Google, is also taking a stronger stance against racier content on its popular video-sharing site. In a blog entry posted on Monday , YouTube outlined a series of new measures to help regulate mature materials. ...
Slipping down the slope of YouTube's new sex and language guidelines
L.A. Times Tech Blog —
... In an official blog post Wednesday, YouTube announced that it had enacted a new set of guidelines to sanitize its most viewed lists by cracking down on videos with "profanity" and "sexually suggestive" content. ...
YouTube Changes
Google Operating System —
... YouTube updated the header and there's a new overlay that shows the duration of a video over the thumbnail. YouTube's blog says that the thumbnails will no longer be selected from the 25/50/75 points of the video's index, but they'll be selected algorithmically to minimize the impact of manipulative thumbnails. ...
A New, Wider YouTube Template
Google Blogoscoped —
... In other recent “YouTube growing up” news, the video site’s official blog published a post detailing stricter standards on adult-ish content and video still choices. You can still pick a still from several options, but “but they will no longer be auto-generated from the 25/50/75 points in the video index”, YouTube says. Also not too long ago, YouTube launched a feature which would allow a commenter to ...
News Bits: DOJ Lawyer Spills Details on Google/Yahoo Case
Contentinople: —
... to users who say their are at least 18 (because users under 18 always click the under 18 button). The decision, announced on YouTube's blog , generated a flood of outraged comments.
YouTube Template updates
D' Technology Weblog —
... YouTube header, now has a new overlay that shows the duration of a video over the thumbnail. YouTube’s blog says that the thumbnails will no longer be selected from the 25/50/75 points of the video’s index, but they’ll be selected algorithmically to minimize the impact of manipulative thumbnails. ...
YouTube Implements Stricter Standards on Content and Thumbnails
Bloggers Blog: Blogging the Blogsphere —
YouTube recently announced some changes that includes stricter standards for mature content and methods for preventing users from gaming YouTube with false descriptions or thumbnails. The point Youtubers seem most upset with is the thumbnails. ...
YouTube: more thumbnail selection for partners, less for everyone else
L.A. Times Tech Blog —
... last week, YouTube informed users that their thumbnail image choices would now be offered by a computer, eliminating the potential for thumbnail "gaming." Enterprising users had long ago figured out that the thumbnail choices the site offered came from frames that appeared 25%, 50% and 75% of the way through the video -- and they'd used that insight to insert images that played up the video's sexiest parts, or worse, didn't reflect the content of the video at all. ...
YouTube is not so wild anymore
L.A. Times Tech Blog —
... and last week tightened its guidelines further to restrict profanity and sexually suggestive content. In other words, before the money wagons roll in... ...
