Pornographic videos flood YouTube

[Turborama]

Source: BBC

Video-sharing website YouTube has removed hundreds of pornographic videos which were uploaded in what is believed to be a planned attack.

The material was uploaded under names of famous teenage celebrities such as Hannah Montana and Jonas Brothers. Many started with footage of children's videos before groups of adults performing graphic sex acts appeared on screen.

YouTube owner Google said it was aware and addressing the problem.

The BBC was made aware that scores of sexually explicit and inappropriate material was uploaded. In one video titled Jonas Brother Live On Stage, a user posted a comment saying: "I'm 12 years old and what is this?"

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One user believed to have uploaded some of the pornographic material videos is Flonty, whose profile states that he is 21 and from Germany. He told the BBC: "I did it because YouTube keeps deleting music. It was part of a 4Chan raid."

Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8061979.stm

[JeffR]

1. Hmm. Now I understand why my vids are getting so few views.

:(

[zbdent]

12. could it be that you mislead by starting with a pornographic video and

cut to a kids' video?

;)

[LadyoftheRabbits]

2. I'm as pissed as the next person about the music copyright crap

But this is just stupid, and kids are the ones most likely to see those things.

[dipsydoodle]

9. Agreed

It's got to the stage now where they're removing the music element from some videos, for copyright reasons ,and leaving the video content in complete silence.

Music is for sharing.

[musicblind]

21. I agree that making fans take the NON-DOWNLOADABLE music off youtube is dumb BUT it isn't youtube's

fault.

It's the fault of the stupid record companies who don't see how sampling songs on youtube (songs you can't download) is a good way to encourage people to actually spend money and purchase the songs. I'm a musician and so when I want to own a song I always buy my music rather than stealing it. But making people take music down off youtube is dumb.

BUT, it isn't youtube's fault and attacking youtube like this is inexcusable as well.

[davidinalameda]

3. here's a novel idea

have parents keep an eye on what their kids are doing on line!

[Telly Savalas]

18. How does that help here?

Say a parent stands of the shoulder of their kid every second the kid is on the internet.

How is the parent supposed to know that their kid is going to view pornography when they click on a link to a Hannah Montana video on YouTube?

[davidinalameda]

19. why is a parent letting their kid surf by themselves

[FVZA_Colonel]

4. Ahh 4chan, the asshole of the Internet.

As disgusting as it is, it's probably a good thing it exists, if only because it keeps so many creeps isolated in one place (in some way, anyways.)

[aquart]

6. What or who is 4chan?

And why does the name sound Inca?

[annabanana]

8. My 20 year old son tells me I don't want to know...

(and I believe him)

[UpInArms]

10. here's the wiki entry on it

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4chan

4chan is an English-language imageboard website. Launched on October 1, 2003, its boards are primarily used for the posting of pictures and discussion of manga and anime. Users generally post anonymously and the site has been linked to internet subcultures and activism, most notably Project Chanology.

4chan users have been responsible for the formation and/or popularization of Internet memes such as lolcats, rickrolling, and "Chocolate Rain". The site's random board is by far its most popular and notorious. Known as "/b/", there are very minimal rules on posted content. Gawker.com once claimed in jest that "reading /b/ will melt your brain".<2>

The site's Anonymous community and culture has often provoked media attention. For planners, this enterprise is "further proof as well as the Social impact of YouTube phenomenon that creativity is everywhere and new media is less accessible" to advertisement agencies.<3> Journalists looked at how an internet destination was hijacked for a prank, so that images of Rick Astley appeared instead of the page that was searched for; the coordination of attacks against other websites and Internet users; and covered the reaction to threats of violence that have been posted on the site. The Guardian once summarised the 4chan community as "lunatic, juvenile... brilliant, ridiculous and alarming."<4>

and here's the 4chan website

http://www.4chan.org/

4chan is a simple image-based bulletin board where anyone can post comments and share images. 4chan's collaborative-community format is copied from one of the most popular forums in Japan, Futaba Channel. Different boards are dedicated to different topics, from Japanese anime, manga, and culture to videogames, music, and photography. Users do not need to register a username before participating in the community. Feel free to click on a board that interests you, and jump right in—anyone can contribute!

[Turborama]

13. They were also attributed to the hacking of Palin's email account during the election, also

Here's also a link to the story as reported by Time: http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1842097,00.html

[Posteritatis]

22. It is to the rest of the internet what the internet is to RL (nt)

[RJ Connors]

5. What! No working links? n/t

[snake in the grass]

7. Well, it's very special to know that...

...there are actual humans working at YouTube. Now, if they could finally get the votebot issues and the false DMCA claims from the religiously insane under control, I would call that progress.

[WillParkinson]

11. So...to get to the good stuff I need to watch Hannah or the Jonas Brothers?

I don't even know if it's worth it.

[ozu]

14. Oh, 4chan

Pay no mind then.

The plus side is that people unfamiliar with the site will google it and subsequently swear off the internet forever.

[BigBluenoser]

20. 99% of internet culture comes from 4chan and the other key sites like it...

Unfortunately none of it is good! And since the other 1% is from WoW (and StarCraft back in the day), it pretty much all sucks.

(Edit: I cannot spell, ever with a spellchecker!)

[proteus_lives]

15. Idiots.

Stupid hacker shit. These will just make youtube harsher on uploading general content.

[Toucano]

16. That's not very nice.

They didn't have to target the items that are of interest to children to make their point.

[billyoc]

17. The Daniels campaign is getting an early start.