The article talks about the recent scandal with the services of YouTube when it comes to the restriction policies that they have set in terms of non-explicit videos featuring LGBTQ themes. Tegan and Sara who are Canadian LGBTQ musicians were among those who complained about the policy. YouTube restricted their videos just because they were openly gay even though their content of the videos was not at all explicit or sexual in anyway shape or form.
- YouTube had been criticised for having non-explicit videos featuring LGBTQ themes classed as restricted
- The “restricted” designation lets parents, schools and libraries filter out content that isn’t appropriate for users under 18.dd
- Turning on the restriction makes videos inaccessible. YouTube calls it “an optional feature used by a very small subset of users”.
- In general, though, it includes “sexually explicit language or excessive profanity”, and violent or disturbing content, according to YouTube’s policies.
- YouTube says it also uses “community flagging”, which means users can flag videos for possible restrictions or removal.
Personally, I think it is a bit of a dilemma. In a rapidly expanding society where new and digital media is constantly at a rise. YouTube is a service that receives thousands of videos on a daily basis, so it can be justifiable for them to make a small mistake of categorisation of some videos. At the end of the day, I think it is important that they own up to their mistakes and come up with solutions that will greatly affect their structure in the long term and also incite greater discussion. I also feel that it was definitely wrong of them, but we should not be so quick to judge and assume that the company had bad intentions in mind.
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