Well, what can I say... it seems that You Tube doesn't really believe their own press.... I'd like to remind us all of YouTube's policy enforcement -- in their own words... Posted on 08/01/2008 6:17:06 AM PDT by StarCMC
Well, what can I say... it seems that You Tube doesn't really believe their own press.... I'd like to remind us all of YouTube's policy enforcement -- in their own words...
How do we implement YouTube's content policies?General Policy Enforcement Information
The standard of behavior we expect of YouTube users is set out in our Community Guidelines. If a user posts a video or otherwise behaves on the site contrary to these Guidelines, we will generally remove the offending material, and apply a Community Guidelines warning strike against the account of the poster. These strikes stick with the accounts belonging to that user for six months from the date they are received. If a user receives such a strike they will be notified when they next log-in to their YouTube account. For reference, copies of the notice are also sent to the user's email address and YouTube private message inbox.
The first strike on an account is considered a warning. If an account receives two strikes within a six month period, the ability to post new content to YouTube from that account will be temporarily disabled. If there are no further issues, full privileges will be restored automatically after a period. If an account receives a third Community Guidelines strike within six months (before the first strike has expired) the account will be terminated. (Oh REALLY!? Do tell!)
When a user has posting privileges temporarily disabled on one account, for the duration of the suspension that user is also prohibited from posting material to YouTube using any other account. Attempts to circumvent this rule may result in immediate termination without warning of all accounts.
A user whose account has been terminated is prohibited from accessing, possessing or creating any other YouTube accounts.
Serious safety and privacy violations such as threats and harassment may result in immediate termination without prior warning.
In some cases a video may be removed for the safety and privacy of the user who posted the video, due to a third-party privacy complaint, court order or other unintended issues. In these instances, the user will not receive a strike and the account will not be penalized.
How do copyright strikes and community guidelines strikes interact?
YouTube enforces a policy that provides for the termination in appropriate circumstances of subscribers who are repeat infringers. This involves a copyright strike count completely separate from Community Guidelines strikes. Please note that unlike Community Guidelines strikes which expire after six months, copyright strikes do not expire. A copyright strike can only be resolved if the user submits a counter-notification and prevails in that process. Please note that there may be adverse legal consequences to filing a false counter-notification. DISCLAIMER: WE ARE NOT YOUR ATTORNEYS, AND THE INFORMATION WE PRESENT HERE IS NOT LEGAL ADVICE. WE PRESENT THIS INFORMATION FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY.
For more information on our copyright policies, please see here.
Has this always been YouTube's policy?
No, much of this is new. We are currently revamping our policy implementation for greater transparency and a better user experience. We will keep you updated as we make further changes.Last update: April 9, 2008.
Hundreds of thousands of videos are uploaded to YouTube each day and because of the enormous volume of content, YouTube says it is impossible to pre-screen each video before it is posted on the site. YouTube largely depends on users to enforce its community standards. (Hmmmm...... which users are you listening to?)
July 2008 Results:
34 Suspensions
With those 34 suspensions, 1224 videos were removed from YouTube:
(large bombs represent 25 videos, small bombs represent 1)
Good results, yes, but there are some things to be concerned about as well...
Bomber Girl is very pleased to be associated with Free Republic
and would love to hear your thoughts on the matter!
If you're new at this, we'd love to have you working with us. Here are the steps for flagging videos:
(H/T to rawcatslyentist):
#1) If you don’t have a YouTube account, go sign up for one. You don’t have to use it for anything but this.
#2) Click one of the links below, let the video start and then click the pause button on the player so you don’t have to actually watch the propaganda.
#3) Below the video, click “Flag as inappropriate.”
#4) Choose “promotes hatred or violence”
#5) Where it says “please indicate the group attacked” choose National Origin.
#6) Where it says “provide additional information.....” type or copy/paste in the below statement.
Providing services to terrorists violates executive orders 12947 and 13224.
So — you got game? If you do, freepmail StarCMC to get on the pinglist -
typically one ping per day - and start flagging! And THANK YOU!
New YouTube Smackdown Ping
Freepmail Star to be on or off the Smackdown Pinglist!
Thank you for helping!
#197, #199, #200, and both user/losers videos flagged!...:-)
Celeb, thanks for taking the time to post these videos. You and Star rock!
Done!
Thank You! okita21 - SUSPENDED!!! Guess YouTube didn't like all that foul language!
LOL at okita21. Wonder how she likes us now?
SMACKED DOWN!!! 8/22
"USERS"/# OF VIDS SMACKED DOWN
Al3abssi (1) parajoderuno (1)
SUSPENDED!!! 8/22
"USERS"/# OF VIDS SUSPENDED
okita21 (5) mujahidelkhalifa (13) habiszti24 (8)
Mornin' Fellow Exterminators!
We had such great success SMACKING DOWN the gnats a couple of weekends ago, I thought we might try it again. You see, there has been a huge infestation of gnats since we started our little SMACKDOWN project. YouTube is crawling with them. Yuck! It seems the terrorists think we can't do anything about these little guys. It wouldn't be worth our time to take them down, they think. So, they up load one video and create another account to upload another. Well, we got some bad news for 'em, eh?
No matter what you try, no matter how you hide in the cracks, we will find you! Our bloodhounds will track you down like the vermin you are and we will SMACK you DOWN!!!
P.S. Here are some instructions on how to SMACKDOWN terrorist videos.
Want More Loser/Users?
The Super Stubborn ListThis list will remain up until these videos are down. For whatever reason these particular videos have staying power. No matter how often they are flagged, they just stay up. So I figured we could flag them several times each -- not every day by each person, but each of us maybe once a week -- and maybe YouTube will get the point.... I will add a new "stubborn" video to replace each one we get removed!! We'll keep 5 or 6 on the list.
30. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNYpC2RiBUU
Justin The Dead Capitalist Imperialist Colonialist Pig - by khaybarkhaybar
31. SMACKED DOWN!!!
32. SMACKED DOWN!!!
33. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzTe0xXkmJQ
Oil, Occupation and the American Dream - Part 1 - by khaybarkhaybar (29)
34. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXJxUL67fyE
Daniel Pearl Comedy Show - by khaybarkhaybar
35. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fHvaGfw4bs
Green Beret electrocuted in shower on Iraq base (CNN) - by khaybarkhaybar
36. SMACKED DOWN!!!
37. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmB86p0VkEc
The American brother, the pride of America - by KrinKov2007
New YouTube Smackdown Ping
Freepmail Star to be on or off the Smackdown Pinglist!
Thank you for helping!
bttt
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This video features the logo of Al-Furquan, media production group of
Al-Qaeda’s Islamic State of Iraq (ISI), which has been designated as a terrorist organization by the U.S. State Dept. It is illegal to host terrorist videos on U.S. servers. Providing services to terrorists violates executive orders 12947 and 13224.
This user is hanging by a thin thread. I think I recognize him from a recently suspended account.
http://www.youtube.com/user/Zakariya90
Yippee! The second video in #2., #4., and #5. have been removed in #207.
Flagged all the rest...:-)
Looks like another bad day to be a GNAT!
It was a bad day for Zakariya90, he got SMACKED DOWN! Great teamwork!
http://www.youtube.com/user/Zakariya90
Indeed, GREAT teamwork!
Maggot Zakariya90 is SUSPENDED! Shoulda gone to freeeeeee credit report dot com! (Yee-haa!)
SirWinstonChurchill from YT was thoughtful enough to give me a heads-up on Operation Smacked Down. GREAT WORK!!! I want you to know I’m on board. My ID on YT is not Loyal Eagle but Researcher555, which is the e-name I’ll be flagging under. Will that create a problem?
Also, I’ve been trying to put your logo and the widget on my site, but I’m running into problems. For some reason, it won’t let me add the element. Any suggestions?
Again, great work.
My best to all of you, and may God bless this effort
Loyal Eagle
http://dailyinsults.blogspot.com/
I've not run into any problems adding the widget, if you want to send me a private reply telling me the error you get, I'll see if I can help.
BTW, I love your latest post on change. That should be made into a commercial ‘cause it is spot on.
http://dailyinsults.blogspot.com/2008/08/change-anyone.html
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