Thursday, December 4, 2008

Youtube is dead? Perhaps so.

Just a few weeks ago in class we discussed how Youtube was planning to make some major changes to their site. Well, they finally have. Guess what? These changes include censorship. If something is flagged as offensive language or content, Youtube will algorithmically demote it. Imagine if a vlogger curses just a little too...They might not make it into the highest rated or top viewed videos on the site. What happened to the You in Youtube? What about freedom of speech and deciding for yourself about content?

Check out this video below to learn more.

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This is the blog for the TR section of Media & Society, Fall 2008, at Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi. The blog will feature postings by students on a variety of media topics.