YouTube Investigation Warns Parents on Video Content

New York, NY (PRWEB) March 5, 2006

Splashing into fountains or pools on a whim as lovers or children do, or removing your shoes in public may not seem reason enough to grab a video camera and click 'record,' unless the filmmaker's eye has a motive and is a registered user on popular video hosting website YouTube.com.

To some viewers, the ever clich? "children playing in water on a hot day" scene is fair game for fetish websites. Same too for a man resting his 'dogs' on a public park bench after a hard day's work...voyeurs are watching with mini-cams rolling in order to share your experience with their fetish communities online.

Think & Ask online news published a two-part investigation, which found both hard-core pornography and fetish videos on YouTube, despite their corporate policy banning pornography and offensive content. Videos found were available for free to anyone of any age with Internet access.

In the first of Think & Ask's two part series: "Fetish Videos Land on Family Entertainment Website YouTube," we captured what videos were available by keyword and detailed which fetish and pornography websites linked to videos on YouTube. http://www.thinkandask.com/2006/022706-youtube.html

For the second part: "YouTube Pulls Some Pornography, Bans Children 'Under 13'," we update readers on what measures YouTube placed on its audience, ahead of company plans to secure its second round of capital funding. http://www.thinkandask.com/news/030206-utube2.html

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PolyU YouTube Channel Unveiled Today

Hong Kong (PRWEB) June 19, 2009

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) today launches a dedicated channel on YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/HongKongPolyU), the leading on-line platform, with a view to updating the web users around the world its research achievements, campus life as well as development of various faculties and their specific features. As a start, eighteen short videos will be uploaded.

In view of its growing popularity especially among the younger generation, PolyU considers YouTube a cost-effective platform to maximize its visibility in the virtual world and to strengthen its link with the community through showcasing the development and achievements of the University in front of the world.

Apart from uploading the informative videos already produced by various faculties and departments, PolyU has also produced a series of "PolyUTube" videos on selected research achievements which are of more relevance to the daily lives of the community. They include the award-winning "SizeChina" project of the School of Design; "Eco-Block" of the Department of Civil and Structural Engineering; and the "Self-cleaning garment" developed by the Institute of Textiles and Clothing using Nanotechnology.

"Members of the community are welcome to click on http://www.youtube.com/HongKongPolyU to view the PolyU videos. Pending the response from the community, more interesting and exciting episodes will be made available on the channel in the future," said a PolyU spokesman.

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