Comments on: Video sites grapple with specter of smut

Critics say smut and brutal images can be easy for children to access at top upload sites.

[just_some_guy]

What the ???

"CNET News.com unearthed scenes of beheadings, masturbation, bloody car accidents, bondage and sadomasochism. It's important to note that no child pornography was discovered."


Excellent! At least there was no child pornography!

What the hell is happening to the USA. Kids watching beheadings, masturbation, bloody car accidents, bondage and sadomasochism is all fine - as long as they don't see child pornography.

The same mentality is behind the latest video game legislation. Kids can rip out each other's virtual guts all day long, as long as they don't see bare breasts!

[emeraldgate]

smut

I totally agree. The kind of violence that is being perpetuated against the children and the people over all is really terrible! By showing children these kinds of horrible imagaes you desensitize them.
The issue few people are raising is this, "How are they getting all of those millions women they are using on the beastiality network?"

dianne

[MisterFlibble]

The article didn't say kids were watching those things...

but the author does like to use "sensational journalism" to try to make you think that way. I'm thouroughly disappointed by the level of "journalism" is this article, and is the first time I even read a piece by Greg whatever his last name is. Not the usual level of good reporting by Cnet.

[ScottMo]

'cause its illegal

I think the "no child pornography" line was there because possession of child porn is illegal in the US. While the rest may be morally reprehensible, distrubing, and can hardly be held as "entertainment", it?s not illegal to own.

From the ECPAT website:
"Title 18 United States Code, Sections 2251, 2252, and 2252A, criminalize acts of knowingly producing (or aiding in the production of), advertising or soliciting for, possessing, selling, receiving, reproducing, exchanging, sending or transmitting (by mail or via computer) child pornography."

[just_some_guy]

What the ???

"CNET News.com unearthed scenes of beheadings, masturbation, bloody car accidents, bondage and sadomasochism. It's important to note that no child pornography was discovered."


Excellent! At least there was no child pornography!

What the hell is happening to the USA. Kids watching beheadings, masturbation, bloody car accidents, bondage and sadomasochism is all fine - as long as they don't see child pornography.

The same mentality is behind the latest video game legislation. Kids can rip out each other's virtual guts all day long, as long as they don't see bare breasts!

[emeraldgate]

smut

I totally agree. The kind of violence that is being perpetuated against the children and the people over all is really terrible! By showing children these kinds of horrible imagaes you desensitize them.
The issue few people are raising is this, "How are they getting all of those millions women they are using on the beastiality network?"

dianne

[MisterFlibble]

The article didn't say kids were watching those things...

but the author does like to use "sensational journalism" to try to make you think that way. I'm thouroughly disappointed by the level of "journalism" is this article, and is the first time I even read a piece by Greg whatever his last name is. Not the usual level of good reporting by Cnet.

[ScottMo]

'cause its illegal

I think the "no child pornography" line was there because possession of child porn is illegal in the US. While the rest may be morally reprehensible, distrubing, and can hardly be held as "entertainment", it?s not illegal to own.

From the ECPAT website:
"Title 18 United States Code, Sections 2251, 2252, and 2252A, criminalize acts of knowingly producing (or aiding in the production of), advertising or soliciting for, possessing, selling, receiving, reproducing, exchanging, sending or transmitting (by mail or via computer) child pornography."

[Jackson Cracker]

The word is "minuscule"

not "miniscule"

[Jackson Cracker]

The word is "minuscule"

not "miniscule"

[JediJ0e]

Solution

Google and company can harness the power of the internet to give the uploaded videos proper content flags. There is simply no other way to examine 2,500 hours of vide each day. They could set up a system where those who want to earn free services or whatever could rate/flag a certain number of videos per week. By default the search engine would not return videos that were not rated or flagged by at least 2 reviewers. Of course the reviewers would have to agree to watch the smut and/or violence. And the customer should always have the option to turn the filters off.

[btl-jooz]

BREAT idea!!!

At least there is ONE other in here who possesses an IQ higher than their shoe size! :)

[JediJ0e]

Solution

Google and company can harness the power of the internet to give the uploaded videos proper content flags. There is simply no other way to examine 2,500 hours of vide each day. They could set up a system where those who want to earn free services or whatever could rate/flag a certain number of videos per week. By default the search engine would not return videos that were not rated or flagged by at least 2 reviewers. Of course the reviewers would have to agree to watch the smut and/or violence. And the customer should always have the option to turn the filters off.

[btl-jooz]

BREAT idea!!!

At least there is ONE other in here who possesses an IQ higher than their shoe size! :)

[btl-jooz]

BEFORE you post READ the WHOLE article???

To all you people who live in a glass bell with a vacuum in it:

The REAL world is NOT as sugar coated as all of you ?save the children? types wants it to be. THAT is REALITY!!!!

My suggestion, to you all is to learn to police your children YOURSELVES by using filtering programs on your computers. You know enough about computers to get here. Browse the Downloads Section and install filtering programs on your computers and USE them. Monitor your children WHILE they are ONLINE!!!!!!! See for yourself where they go online and WHAT the DO! AND MOST IMPORTANTLY: teach them the difference between 'make believe' and REALITY __AND__ HOW to HANDLE reality when they happen across it in their WHOLE lives, not just online!!! Otherwise they will be ill equipped to handle the REAL world in a proper and HEALTHY way once they are adults.

[btl-jooz]

BEFORE you post READ the WHOLE article???

To all you people who live in a glass bell with a vacuum in it:

The REAL world is NOT as sugar coated as all of you ?save the children? types wants it to be. THAT is REALITY!!!!

My suggestion, to you all is to learn to police your children YOURSELVES by using filtering programs on your computers. You know enough about computers to get here. Browse the Downloads Section and install filtering programs on your computers and USE them. Monitor your children WHILE they are ONLINE!!!!!!! See for yourself where they go online and WHAT the DO! AND MOST IMPORTANTLY: teach them the difference between 'make believe' and REALITY __AND__ HOW to HANDLE reality when they happen across it in their WHOLE lives, not just online!!! Otherwise they will be ill equipped to handle the REAL world in a proper and HEALTHY way once they are adults.

[Stan Kee]

Keep your kids inside the house in a bubble

You don't want your kids to see the real world then keep them in your house, in your womb, or in your gonads. The real world is violence, the real world is nudity, the real world is unfairness. When the kids finally do grow up, are exposed to the real world, can't handle it and decide to put a bullet through their brain blame yourselves.

This "protect the children" crap is more anti-freedom rhetoric in a supposedly free country. As I have said before, GO TO CHINA.

[Stan Kee]

Keep your kids inside the house in a bubble

You don't want your kids to see the real world then keep them in your house, in your womb, or in your gonads. The real world is violence, the real world is nudity, the real world is unfairness. When the kids finally do grow up, are exposed to the real world, can't handle it and decide to put a bullet through their brain blame yourselves.

This "protect the children" crap is more anti-freedom rhetoric in a supposedly free country. As I have said before, GO TO CHINA.

[Stan Kee]

Keep your kids inside the house in a bubble

You don't want your kids to see the real world then keep them in your house, in your womb, or in your gonads. The real world is violence, the real world is nudity, the real world is unfairness. When the kids finally do grow up, are exposed to the real world, can't handle it and decide to put a b-ullet through their brain blame yourselves.

This "protect the children" crap is more anti-freedom rhetoric in a supposedly free country. As I have said before, GO TO CHINA.

[Stan Kee]

Keep your kids inside the house in a bubble

You don't want your kids to see the real world then keep them in your house, in your womb, or in your gonads. The real world is violence, the real world is nudity, the real world is unfairness. When the kids finally do grow up, are exposed to the real world, can't handle it and decide to put a b-ullet through their brain blame yourselves.

This "protect the children" crap is more anti-freedom rhetoric in a supposedly free country. As I have said before, GO TO CHINA.

Smut keeps technology and the internet alive

Smut led the way to home videos and now downloading videos. Keep the smut to ensure the growth of technology advances. Have a need to eliminate something? Then go after politicians and religious nutjobs.

[newcreation]

religious nut jobs?

nothing like anti christian bigotry...poor liberals even one less porn sight out of the zillions would affend you or any where else that matters

Smut keeps technology and the internet alive

Smut led the way to home videos and now downloading videos. Keep the smut to ensure the growth of technology advances. Have a need to eliminate something? Then go after politicians and religious nutjobs.

[newcreation]

religious nut jobs?

nothing like anti christian bigotry...poor liberals even one less porn sight out of the zillions would affend you or any where else that matters

[MrMailing]

What to do

In my experience, there are always ways to report videos that are offensive. Sometimes it's a button that says "report this content/post as offensive". I think most people who see this sort of thing will report it. They don't need staff to prescreen 2500 hours of video per day, the viewers (millions of us) will do that for them. Perhaps they need a section that is FOR kids. Maybe they need a rating system. Buttons for "unacceptable" content and "PG" content and "safe for kids" content. Then they could screen all those ones that have been reported and put them in their proper places. Putting unacceptable in the trash and PG behind a net and safe for kids out into the open. An SSL based voting system would virtually ensure that offensive content doesn't accidentally (or as a prank) get put where kids can easily access it. Meaning that somebody couldn't repeatedly vote for content improperly so as to make it automatically appear safe for kids. The majority of people are pretty honest anyways. Content that doesn't get enough votes remains unrated and stays behind the safety nets. Just a thought.

[MrMailing]

What to do

In my experience, there are always ways to report videos that are offensive. Sometimes it's a button that says "report this content/post as offensive". I think most people who see this sort of thing will report it. They don't need staff to prescreen 2500 hours of video per day, the viewers (millions of us) will do that for them. Perhaps they need a section that is FOR kids. Maybe they need a rating system. Buttons for "unacceptable" content and "PG" content and "safe for kids" content. Then they could screen all those ones that have been reported and put them in their proper places. Putting unacceptable in the trash and PG behind a net and safe for kids out into the open. An SSL based voting system would virtually ensure that offensive content doesn't accidentally (or as a prank) get put where kids can easily access it. Meaning that somebody couldn't repeatedly vote for content improperly so as to make it automatically appear safe for kids. The majority of people are pretty honest anyways. Content that doesn't get enough votes remains unrated and stays behind the safety nets. Just a thought.

[HABAKKUK =]

THINK OF YOU TUBE AS THE CIA,IF THEY ARE STUPID ENOUGH TO SMUT THEMSELVES IN PLAIN VIEW,THEY CAN BE THE TARGET OF THE RIGHTIOUS ANGERT THAT WILL GET THEM EVENTUALLY,DEATH TO CHILD MOLESTERS!!AND RAPIST!!

[HABAKKUK =]

THINK OF YOU TUBE AS THE CIA,IF THEY ARE STUPID ENOUGH TO SMUT THEMSELVES IN PLAIN VIEW,THEY CAN BE THE TARGET OF THE RIGHTIOUS ANGERT THAT WILL GET THEM EVENTUALLY,DEATH TO CHILD MOLESTERS!!AND RAPIST!!