YouTube Stars!

Hello YouTubers!

This post is directed to the parents out there, or people with young brothers or sisters. We all love YouTube, but there are many videos there that are not appropriate for young children. I have written about this in my two popular articles:

Sex on YouTube - A Parent's Guide

Sex and Porn on YouTube - A Guide For Parents

I just read this news release today which starts with the headline:

Children use Web to watch videos, look up "sex"

It talks about a study of the top 100 search terms used by youngsters to find items online. As YouTube fans like us might expect, YouTube was the top search term! The ninth most popular search term was "Fred" - the most subscribed YouTuber - as we all know by looking at the Top 100 Weekly Chart.

But the words "sex" and "porn" were also it the top 10, at number four and six respectively. The news article says:

California-based Symantec's Internet safety advocate Marian Merritt said the list showed that parents needed to be aware what their children were doing online.

"It also helps identify "teachable moments" when parents should be talking with their kids about appropriate online behavior and other issues in their kids' online lives," she said in a statement

If you are a parent or a concerned older brother or sister, you may want to read my two articles so that you are educated about the situation. Make your own decisions, based on your research, about what level of YouTube access you want to provide to your children.

Labels: children, parents, porn, sex, teen, Video, young, YouTube

posted by KennyCrane at 8/12/2009 04:09:00 PM 0 Comments

Last year I wrote an article about Sex on YouTube to warn parents about how easily their children could stumble upon things on the popular video sharing site that they probably wouldn't want them to see. This article continues to be one of the most popular articles on the LookingForClues article collection website. Here is an urgent update to warn everyone about the kinds of things that can be found on YouTube today, based on news reports that came out this Memorial Day weekend.

YouTube is the most popular and largest video sharing website, and Google, the site's owner, does a very good job of keeping the site free from porn. But it's not perfect. With over 20 hours of video uploaded to YouTube every minute, it is impossible to screen it all for objectionable content. There is a certain amount of automatic screening based on video titles, descriptions and tags. But many videos make it though this filter. So YouTube relies on its members to flag unacceptable videos. But this process of member flagging and manual review by YouTube employees takes time.

Over the last few days, there have been several news reports about a "Porn Hack" attack carried out against YouTube. A group called 4Chan which runs an image-sharing message board uploaded what may number in the thousands of videos that begin as harmless music videos which soon cut to scenes of nudity and group sex. The titles, descriptions and tags indicate that the videos are of popular recording artists such as Hannah Montana and the Jonas Brothers. If a visitor clicks on one of these videos, they see the beginning of a music video by one of these musicians who are popular with young people. Soon the content changes to adults participating in group sex acts, according to the BBC.

YouTube is aware of the problem but is only able to address it through their flagging system. It may take days or even weeks to remove all of the offending material. Let this be a reminder to parents that YouTube does contain some material that is not suitable for children!

For more information, see this news story.

As I have stated, YouTube generally does a good job of keeping porn off it's site. But there are a lot of videos which are nearly porn and are used to advertise for sex sites of all kinds. If a person searches YouTube using keywords such as kinky, porn, sex, and girl, they may encounter comments under the resulting videos which contain "Malspam." Malspam is malicious spam which consists of a link to a website that attempts to infect the visitor's computer with viruses. It has been reported that over 30,000 videos on YouTube have links to these kinds of sites in their comments! Do not download any programs from links on YouTube. You may end up with an infected computer.

Another type of download appears to be a real anti-vrus program. One of the most common malspam links on YouTube points to a site where visitors are advised to download a program called PrivacyCenter (read more about it, here). This is a fake anti-virus program that tells the user that they have many viruses on their computer even if they have no viruses. It then tells the user the problems will be fixed if they buy the premium version of the application. Do NOT download this fake program; all it gets rid of is your money!

For more information, see this new story.

Beware of any links you may encounter in the comments to any video. And be sure to warn your children not to go to any websites mentioned in comments on YouTube. Enjoy watching the many interesting and entertaining videos on YouTube (like the ones we talk about on this blog) but be careful if you let your children go on this popular website. You never know what they may end up watching!

Labels: attack, children, comments, nudity, porn, scam, sex, virus, YouTube

posted by KennyCrane at 5/25/2009 04:06:00 PM 2 Comments

There are sex videos on YouTube. Not the kind you might have come across in the early days of the service. There was a time when members could upload porn and find that it would last several days before being discovered and removed by employees screening for Terms Of Use violations. (Along with copyright violations, you can't post "pornography, obscene or defamatory material" on YouTube.) YouTube has since tightened its surveillance of recently uploaded videos and you just don't see those kinds of flicks on YouTube anymore.

The sex videos I'm talking about are videos that talk maturely about sex. We'll have a look and listen to three videos - two that express their author's views on sex, and one about sex in a Phoenix classroom. The videos start discussions that continue in the comments sections. Watch, then add YOUR comments!




But first, the News. Is there anything new happening on YouTube? Maybe not. At least there's not much movement among the top subscribed members. The Top 16 positions remained exactly the same as last week. The biggest mover in the entire Top 100 chart was Mememolly's 8-spot advance to the number 87 position. When are some new talents going to shake up the Top 100?

I'd like to thank stealurface1976 (Jesse Stutsman) for mentioning me in his Friends Tribute video. I was mentioned in the exact middle of the film, so the video's icon is MY channel icon! Thanks, my friend! Here is that video... (F word warning)



Filthywhore on hands and slutty mcpreteens.

Jacci talks very frankly about "virginity and whores." She thinks that young people should not jump into sexual relations. She goes on to talk about why she doesn't "sleep around" and ends by stating her strong objections to abortion. The discussion continues in the comments; there are over 130 so far. For those of you who have never heard of Jacci before, and wonder about her username, here's a quote from her in this video's comments: "I've explained my user name at least 200 times on here. I used to have a user name on aol that was PurrBox.. but no one thought I was a cat." For more about FW, read these posts.

If you can't see the video above, watch it on YouTube.


Virginity Part 1

Kicesie has been making videos that she describes as "Advanced Sex Ed for today's people." In the first vid of this two part series, she states that she respects virgins who are waiting for the right time to have sex. She goes on to talk about the "True Love Waits" campaign and repeats again that it's not uncool to wait to have sex. There's been over 70 comments so far, and over 140 on Part 2; be sure to add yours!

If you can't see the video above, watch it on YouTube.

WFHS Hummanities Class

What's going on in Phoenix? Have you seen the TV coverage or read the news about the Williams Field High School teacher who was suspended for performing a "racy" cheer routine in front of her class? The teacher was filmed and the video appeared on the 21superman2169 YouTube channel last week. (No one knows who owns this channel but their YouTube background photo is from a Photobucket account under the name of sad_girl2151). Apparently it was Spirit week and the teacher, also the cheerleading coach, showed a new cheer to her class. Some students responded to the mildly sexy routine with whistles and giggles. Have a look at the video and decide if you think the teach was wrong or not!

If you can't see the video above, watch it on YouTube.

Labels: 21superman2169, cheer, FilthyWhore, kicesie, porn, sex, stealurface1976, teacher, Video, virginity, YouTube

posted by KennyCrane at 10/08/2007 02:56:00 AM 1 Comments