tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092552783161885712.post3494478351496619655..comments2024-03-13T15:35:30.839+00:00Comments on Tabloid Watch: Express apologises to Cherie BlairMacGuffinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16894506410560858668noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092552783161885712.post-70995326320408300462011-03-06T01:31:16.591+00:002011-03-06T01:31:16.591+00:00This is also not related to the post, but I feel i...This is also not related to the post, but I feel is worth mentioning.<br /><br />At about 12:30am on 6th March YouTube started showing an image of a topless woman being pleasured by a man holding a sex toy on their front page. The advert was for a direct link to Demand5 content from Channel 5 which featured the "Sex: How to do everything" series.<br /><br />Several hundred complaints have appeared in the comments section of the video, but it has yet to be taken down (1:25am) nor has the image on the home page been replaced.<br /><br />Now, while I am a pretty liberal person when it comes to sex, I of course feel that it is somewhat Ironic that Channel 5 are using YouTube to stream a show about sex when the Desmond Duo newspapers are always quick to jump on the "THINK OF THE CHILDREN/BAN THIS SICK FILTH" bandwagon and are quick to pick up the story whenever porn or other objectionable material has slipped into a YouTube video. This seems to be putting sexual content on a website which a) does not allow it and b) easily within reach of children<br /><br />My main concern is that several people, myself included, have posted comments critical of Desmond and Channel 5 for doing this...all of which quickly gained several "likes" and thus appeared at the top of the comments list for all to see. Some commenter's even made the link between Channel 5 and the newspapers which complained about this kind of thing. However within about 10 minutes all of these critical comments had been removed without trace. I noticed a few had been reposted, more than once in some cases (the "like" count had gone down to 0) but the comments were again removed very quickly.bbbb<br /><br />That seems odd considering there are several of the usual racist, sexist or otherwise bigoted comments which one would normally find on YouTube have been allowed to remain in the comments section for this video. <br /><br />YouTube have also disabled the ability to flag these videos as inappropriate.<br /><br />Something doesn't seem right here...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092552783161885712.post-78558665593638352292011-03-05T10:04:50.113+00:002011-03-05T10:04:50.113+00:00Hey MacGuffin, I'm sure you've seen this a...Hey MacGuffin, I'm sure you've seen this already, but just in case you haven't - <br /><br />http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/mar/04/daily-star-reporter-quits-protestAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com