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The most popular video on YouTube is Despacito by Puerto Rican author Luis Fonsi and has surpassed 5 billion views.<ref>{{Citation|last=LuisFonsiVEVO|title=Luis Fonsi - Despacito ft. Daddy Yankee (Official Music Video)|date=2017-01-12|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJQP7kiw5Fk|access-date=2018-11-26}}</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]].

The most popular video on YouTube is Despacito by Puerto Rican author Luis Fonsi and has surpassed 5 billion views.<ref>{{Citation|last=LuisFonsiVEVO|title=Luis Fonsi - Despacito ft. Daddy Yankee (Official Music Video)|date=2017-01-12|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJQP7kiw5Fk|access-date=2018-11-26}}</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 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>

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>

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."

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 "YouTube blocked video mocking Clinton administration"]. ''WND''.</ref> In order to combat this vicious slander, Conservapedia has started [https://www.youtube.com/user/conservapediavideos its own YouTube channel].

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 [https://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>   

[[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>   

== Positive Aspects of YouTube ==

== 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.

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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==References==

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