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'''YouTube''' is a popular [[Internet]] site that lets people upload videos for the general public to watch. The "YouTube Generation" was named ''[[Time magazine|Time]]'' magazine's ''[[Person of the Year]]'' for 2006.<ref>http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1569514,00.html</ref>
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'''YouTube''' is a popular [[Internet]] site that lets people upload [[video]]s for the general public to watch. The "YouTube Generation" was named ''[[Time magazine|Time]]'' magazine's ''Person of the Year'' for 2006.<ref>Grossman, Lev. [You — Yes, You — Are TIME's Person of the Year
In October 2006, Youtube was purchased by [[Google|Google Inc.]]  
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http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1570810,00.html] December 25, 2006.</ref>
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In October 2006, YouTube was purchased by [[Google|Google Inc.]] Google's monitoring over YouTube has resulted in a distinct suppression of videos with conservative themes, along with direct promotion and over-saturation of liberal content.
  
The site has gained recognition as the best video sharing site on the web. A major flaw of the site is its poorly worded terms of conditions, which can warrant the deletion of almost any video that takes a stance against any religion or social agenda, deeming it as "hate speech". An example would be showing surgical operations but preventing showing abortion videos. YouTube is consistent when removing undercover videos that exposes dishonest counseling practices at [[Planned Parenthood]] [[abortion]] centers. <ref>[http://www.lifenews.com/nat5165.html YouTube Removes New Undercover Video Exposing Planned Parenthood on Abortion] LifeNews.com, June 25, 2009</ref> Also, they are known for censoring videos critical of Barack Obama or ones that show children singing praises of Obama by indoctrination. In addition, videos were censored if they were deemed anti-Islamic. <ref>[http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=22835_Jawa_Report_Video_Censored_by_YouTube&only Jawa Report Video Censored by YouTube, Littlegreenfootbalss.com, October 4, 2006]</ref> In addition, YouTube's community guidelines claim that material depicting shocking or disgusting (gory) content is prohibited, however countless videos get past the radar as long as they don't accumulate a large amount of attention.
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The site has gained recognition as the best video sharing site on the web. A major flaw of the site is its poorly worded terms of conditions, which can warrant the deletion of almost any video that takes a stance against any religion or social agenda, deeming it as "hate speech". An example would be showing surgical operations but preventing showing abortion videos. YouTube is consistent when removing undercover videos that exposes dishonest counseling practices at [[Planned Parenthood]] centers.<ref>[http://www.lifenews.com/nat5165.html YouTube Removes New Undercover Video Exposing Planned Parenthood on Abortion] LifeNews.com, June 25, 2009</ref> They are known for censoring videos critical of Barack Obama or ones that show children singing praises of Obama by indoctrination. In addition, videos were censored if they were deemed anti-Islamic.<ref>[http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=22835_Jawa_Report_Video_Censored_by_YouTube&only "Little Green Footballs"]. ''littlegreenfootballs.com''.</ref> Also, YouTube's community guidelines claim that material depicting shocking or disgusting (gore) content is prohibited, however countless videos get past the radar as long as they don't accumulate a large amount of attention—and videos which do get attention exist in which there is sadistic pornography.<ref>YouTube videos found by searching "Lisa Nazi" or "Lisa Loba," for example.</ref>  A large amount of YouTube content is also dedicated to video game channels, which go larger unrestricted despite exceedingly violent content. They create a social tolerance towards brutality, and persuade youth audiences in committing felonies that are demonstrated in these videos. YouTube also promotes individual introversion and internet dependency, especially within the millennial generation.  
  
On July 23, 2007, YouTube hosted an interactive debate between the [[Democratic]] candidates in the [[2008 Presidential Election]], in which YouTube users submitted videos of themselves asking questions. A similar debate involving the [[Republican]] candidates occurred on November 28. This led to controversy, as they used a question submitted by [[Keith Kerr]], who has ties to [[Hillary Clinton]]'s campaign.<ref>http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=23698</ref>
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On July 23, 2007, YouTube hosted an interactive debate between the [[Democratic]] candidates in the [[2008 Presidential Election]], in which YouTube users submitted videos of themselves asking questions. A similar debate involving the [[Republican]] candidates occurred on November 28. This led to controversy, as they used a question submitted by Keith Kerr, who has ties to [[Hillary Clinton]]'s campaign.<ref>[http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=23698 "There's More to the Keith Kerr Story | Human Events"]. ''Human Events''.</ref>
  
Slate states that YouTube may be operating at a loss of nearly half a billion dollars a year. <ref>http://www.slate.com/id/2216162/</ref> Suggesting that it may be a loss leader for parent company Google or perhaps an investment in changing the landscape of information flow in the public. Attempts to reduce the costs and increase profitable content have been met with hostility.
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Slate states that YouTube may be operating at a loss of nearly half a billion dollars a year.<ref>[http://www.slate.com/id/2216162/ "The high costs of running YouTube."]. ''Slate Magazine''.</ref> Suggesting that it may be a loss leader for parent company Google or perhaps an investment in changing the landscape of information flow in the public. Attempts to reduce the costs and increase profitable content have been met with hostility.
 
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The most popular video on YouTube is Gangnam Style by South Korean rapper Psy and has close to 900 million views.  
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The most popular video on YouTube is Gangnam Style by South Korean rapper Psy and has surpassed 2 billion views.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bZkp7q19f0&index=1&list=PLirAqAtl_h2r5g8xGajEwdXd3x1sZh8hC "PSY - GANGNAM STYLE (강남스타일) M/V"]. ''YouTube''. 15 July 2012.</ref><ref>YouTube's [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLirAqAtl_h2r5g8xGajEwdXd3x1sZh8hC "Most Viewed Videos of All Time"] (videos surpassing 100 million views)</ref> The most liberal person on YouTube is Marxist propagandist, [[Reich-Wing Watch]].
 
==Controversy==
 
==Controversy==
  
Controversy arose after people such as [[Michelle Malkin]] claimed that YouTube censored [[conservative]] content<ref>http://michellemalkin.com/2006/10/04/banned-on-youtube-3/</ref>. This led the creation of a pair of video-sharing websites: [[QubeTV]], an alternative site whose origins are reminiscent of the creation of [[Conservapedia]] by people who believed [[Wikipedia]] to be [[liberal]], and the Christian alternative, [[GodTube]], which has been renamed <ref>[http://mashable.com/2009/03/10/tangle/ GodTube is Born Again as MySpace-Like Tangle] Mashable</ref> "[http://www.tangle.com/ Tangle]".
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Controversy arose in conservative circles after people such as [[Michelle Malkin]] claimed that YouTube censored [[conservative]] content.<ref>[http://michellemalkin.com/2006/10/04/banned-on-youtube-3/ "Michelle Malkin |  » Banned on YouTube"]. ''MichelleMalkin.com''.</ref> This led the creation of a pair of video-sharing websites: [[QubeTV]], an alternative site whose origins are reminiscent of the creation of [[Conservapedia]] by people who believed [[Wikipedia®]] to be [[liberal]], and the Christian alternative, [[GodTube]], which has been renamed "[http://www.tangle.com/ Tangle]".<ref>[http://mashable.com/2009/03/10/tangle/ GodTube is Born Again as MySpace-Like Tangle] Mashable</ref>
  
 
On August 6, 2007, a group of music publishing companies announced a [[lawsuit]] against YouTube for its hosting of [[copyright]]ed content without providing proper compensation to the copyright holders when the videos containing the content were viewed.<ref>http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070806/ap_on_hi_te/youtube_music_publishers;_ylt=AmjdpxJDZVebD_Qp.hhWImKs0NUE</ref>
 
On August 6, 2007, a group of music publishing companies announced a [[lawsuit]] against YouTube for its hosting of [[copyright]]ed content without providing proper compensation to the copyright holders when the videos containing the content were viewed.<ref>http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070806/ap_on_hi_te/youtube_music_publishers;_ylt=AmjdpxJDZVebD_Qp.hhWImKs0NUE</ref>
  
In May 2009, in response to the suspension of the account of young Star Wars fan, Lukeywes1234, for being under the age of 13, a group of users from the sites ebaumsworld and 4chan, among others, launched an "International Porn Day" raid on YouTube. They managed to upload thousands of explicit videos which were often tagged to show up in searches containing words such as Jonas Brothers, Twilight, Hanna Montana, High School Musical and John McCain. It could take a couple of days for all porn to be removed from the search results, said parent company Google. <ref>[http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10245847-83.html?tag=newsFeaturedBlogArea.0 YouTube battling 'Porn Day' campaign] CNet News, May 20, 2009</ref> The delay was in part due to the raiders sowing confusion amongst YouTube users by purposely flagging non pornographic videos as containing inappropriate material.
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In May 2009, in response to the suspension of the account of young Star Wars fan, Lukeywes1234, for being under the age of 13, a group of users from the sites ebaumsworld and 4chan, among others, launched an "International Porn Day" raid on YouTube. They managed to upload thousands of explicit videos which were often tagged to show up in searches containing words such as Jonas Brothers, Twilight, Hanna Montana, High School Musical and John McCain. It could take a couple of days for all porn to be removed from the search results, said parent company Google.<ref>[http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10245847-83.html?tag=newsFeaturedBlogArea.0 YouTube battling 'Porn Day' campaign] CNet News, May 20, 2009</ref> The delay was in part due to the raiders sowing confusion amongst YouTube users by purposely flagging non pornographic videos as containing inappropriate material.
  
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As of August, 2016, YouTube has made it possible (unreliably) to filter out sexually explicit material, but after that filter is set, one may not participate in the comments sections.  As of this time, it is quite easy to find pornography on YouTube, as for example by searching for "Lisa Nazi."
  
 
== Christian/Creationist YouTube video evangelism  ==
 
== Christian/Creationist YouTube video evangelism  ==
  
Many YouTube users are vehemently anti-conservative, however videos directed at conservatives will usually garner high ratings, as with videos directed at liberals. Christian comments on some videos frequently attract insults by atheists. <ref>http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=52405</ref> In order to combat this vicious slander, Conservapedia has started [http://www.youtube.com/user/conservapediavideos its own YouTube channel].
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Many YouTube users are vehemently anti-[[conservative]], however videos directed at conservatives will usually garner high ratings, as with videos directed at liberals. Christian comments on some videos frequently attract insults by atheists.<ref>[http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=52405 "YouTube blocked video mocking Clinton administration"]. ''WND''.</ref> In order to combat this vicious slander, Conservapedia has started [http://www.youtube.com/user/conservapediavideos its own YouTube channel].
Campus Crusade for Christ International (CCCI) is one of the world's largest evangelism organizations within Christendom and has over 25,000 full time missionaries. In 2006, Alan Beeber of CCCI predicted that [[internet evangelism]] will result in more conversion than all other forms of evangelism for CCCI combined.<ref>http://www.lausanneworldpulse.com/pdf/issues/LWP0206.pdf</ref>   
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[[Campus Crusade for Christ]] International (CCCI) is one of the world's largest evangelism organizations within Christendom and has over 25,000 full-time missionaries. In 2006, Alan Beeber of CCCI predicted that [[internet evangelism]] will result in more conversion than all other forms of evangelism for CCCI combined.<ref>http://www.lausanneworldpulse.com/pdf/issues/LWP0206.pdf</ref>   
  
YouTube is a popular online video sharing site that provides a method distributing Christian/creationist videos across the world. The YouTube search engine is the second largest search engine in the world.<ref>http://www.tgdaily.com/trendwatch-features/39777-youtube-surpasses-yahoo-as-world%E2%80%99s-2-search-engine</ref>There is a widespread problem with [[Atheistic bullying|atheist cyberbullying]] on YouTube toward [[Christian]] and [[creationism|creationist]] YouTube channels. [[CreationWiki]] has developed a web page entitled [http://creationwiki.org/Creationist_YouTube_video Creationist YouTube video] designed to show creationists how to thwart [[atheist bullying|atheist/evolutionist cyberbullies]]. Also, one popular Christian YouTube channel, [[shockofgod]], was shut down several times by atheist cyberbullying through false reports but [http://creationwiki.org/Creationist_YouTube_video he was able to thwart their cyberbullying using some effective tactics].<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kax-zAJxi-U</ref> These false reports are not isolated incidents, many atheists will try this deceitful tactic to block out [[creation science]].
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YouTube is a popular online video sharing site that provides a method distributing [[Christian]]/[[creationist]] videos across the world. The YouTube search engine is the second largest search engine in the world.<ref>[http://www.tgdaily.com/trendwatch-features/39777-youtube-surpasses-yahoo-as-world%E2%80%99s-2-search-engine "YouTube surpasses Yahoo as world’s #2 search engine | TG Daily"]. ''TG Daily''.</ref> There is a widespread problem with [[Atheistic bullying|atheist cyberbullying]] on YouTube toward [[Christian]] and [[creationism|creationist]] YouTube channels. [[CreationWiki]] has developed a web page entitled [http://creationwiki.org/YouTube_participant_advice YouTube participant advice] designed to show creationists how to thwart [[atheist bullying|atheist cyberbullies]]. Also, one popular Christian YouTube channel, [[shockofgod]], was shut down several times by atheist [[cyberbullying]] through false reports but [http://creationwiki.org/YouTube_participant_advice he was able to thwart their cyberbullying using some effective tactics].<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kax-zAJxi-U "The man that proved the Bible has power"]. ''YouTube''. 28 March 2009.</ref> These false reports are not isolated incidents, many atheists will try this deceitful tactic to block out [[creation science]].
  
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== Positive Aspects of YouTube ==
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By searching YouTube one can immediately find the most incredibly sublime Christian praise music.  Great Bible teaching is uploaded there, as for example, teaching by the late by J. Vernon McGee.
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== See also ==
 
* [[2008 YouTube presidential debates]]
 
* [[2008 YouTube presidential debates]]
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* [[Duck Duck Go]] - [[Privacy]]-oriented Search Engine
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* [[Edward J. Snowden]] - whistle blower of [[unconstitutional]] warrentless mass domestic surveillance by the U.S. [[police state]]
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* [[Unalienable rights]] of the [[Bill of Rights]]: [[First Amendment]], [[Fourth Amendment]], [[Fifth Amendment]]
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* [[Right to Privacy]] and [[Common law privacy rights]]
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* [[America Rising (video)]]
  
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Revision as of 21:07, February 16, 2017

YouTube is a popular Internet site that lets people upload videos for the general public to watch. The "YouTube Generation" was named Time magazine's Person of the Year for 2006.[1] In October 2006, YouTube was purchased by Google Inc. Google's monitoring over YouTube has resulted in a distinct suppression of videos with conservative themes, along with direct promotion and over-saturation of liberal content.

The site has gained recognition as the best video sharing site on the web. A major flaw of the site is its poorly worded terms of conditions, which can warrant the deletion of almost any video that takes a stance against any religion or social agenda, deeming it as "hate speech". An example would be showing surgical operations but preventing showing abortion videos. YouTube is consistent when removing undercover videos that exposes dishonest counseling practices at Planned Parenthood centers.[2] They are known for censoring videos critical of Barack Obama or ones that show children singing praises of Obama by indoctrination. In addition, videos were censored if they were deemed anti-Islamic.[3] Also, YouTube's community guidelines claim that material depicting shocking or disgusting (gore) content is prohibited, however countless videos get past the radar as long as they don't accumulate a large amount of attention—and videos which do get attention exist in which there is sadistic pornography.[4] A large amount of YouTube content is also dedicated to video game channels, which go larger unrestricted despite exceedingly violent content. They create a social tolerance towards brutality, and persuade youth audiences in committing felonies that are demonstrated in these videos. YouTube also promotes individual introversion and internet dependency, especially within the millennial generation.

On July 23, 2007, YouTube hosted an interactive debate between the Democratic candidates in the 2008 Presidential Election, in which YouTube users submitted videos of themselves asking questions. A similar debate involving the Republican candidates occurred on November 28. This led to controversy, as they used a question submitted by Keith Kerr, who has ties to Hillary Clinton's campaign.[5]

Slate states that YouTube may be operating at a loss of nearly half a billion dollars a year.[6] Suggesting that it may be a loss leader for parent company Google or perhaps an investment in changing the landscape of information flow in the public. Attempts to reduce the costs and increase profitable content have been met with hostility.

The most popular video on YouTube is Gangnam Style by South Korean rapper Psy and has surpassed 2 billion views.[7][8] The most liberal person on YouTube is Marxist propagandist, Reich-Wing Watch.

Controversy

Controversy arose in conservative circles after people such as Michelle Malkin claimed that YouTube censored conservative content.[9] This led the creation of a pair of video-sharing websites: QubeTV, an alternative site whose origins are reminiscent of the creation of Conservapedia by people who believed Wikipedia® to be liberal, and the Christian alternative, GodTube, which has been renamed "Tangle".[10]

On August 6, 2007, a group of music publishing companies announced a lawsuit against YouTube for its hosting of copyrighted content without providing proper compensation to the copyright holders when the videos containing the content were viewed.[11]

In May 2009, in response to the suspension of the account of young Star Wars fan, Lukeywes1234, for being under the age of 13, a group of users from the sites ebaumsworld and 4chan, among others, launched an "International Porn Day" raid on YouTube. They managed to upload thousands of explicit videos which were often tagged to show up in searches containing words such as Jonas Brothers, Twilight, Hanna Montana, High School Musical and John McCain. It could take a couple of days for all porn to be removed from the search results, said parent company Google.[12] The delay was in part due to the raiders sowing confusion amongst YouTube users by purposely flagging non pornographic videos as containing inappropriate material.

As of August, 2016, YouTube has made it possible (unreliably) to filter out sexually explicit material, but after that filter is set, one may not participate in the comments sections. As of this time, it is quite easy to find pornography on YouTube, as for example by searching for "Lisa Nazi."

Christian/Creationist YouTube video evangelism

Many YouTube users are vehemently anti-conservative, however videos directed at conservatives will usually garner high ratings, as with videos directed at liberals. Christian comments on some videos frequently attract insults by atheists.[13] In order to combat this vicious slander, Conservapedia has started its own YouTube channel. Campus Crusade for Christ International (CCCI) is one of the world's largest evangelism organizations within Christendom and has over 25,000 full-time missionaries. In 2006, Alan Beeber of CCCI predicted that internet evangelism will result in more conversion than all other forms of evangelism for CCCI combined.[14]

YouTube is a popular online video sharing site that provides a method distributing Christian/creationist videos across the world. The YouTube search engine is the second largest search engine in the world.[15] There is a widespread problem with atheist cyberbullying on YouTube toward Christian and creationist YouTube channels. CreationWiki has developed a web page entitled YouTube participant advice designed to show creationists how to thwart atheist cyberbullies. Also, one popular Christian YouTube channel, shockofgod, was shut down several times by atheist cyberbullying through false reports but he was able to thwart their cyberbullying using some effective tactics.[16] These false reports are not isolated incidents, many atheists will try this deceitful tactic to block out creation science.

Positive Aspects of YouTube

By searching YouTube one can immediately find the most incredibly sublime Christian praise music. Great Bible teaching is uploaded there, as for example, teaching by the late by J. Vernon McGee.

See also

References