Techcrunch Reports that YouTube is cleaning up its act. The site is working on cleaning up explicit videos that border on being porn:
“On its most visited pages, YouTube will now apply a “stricter standard for mature content” and demote sexually explicit or graphic videos from its “most viewed,” “top favorited,” and other popular pages. Also, thumbnails will now be algorithmically selected.”
Excellent! Now when I do a search for “x-men” I’ll find something related to the actual cartoon and not something more insidious.
“On its most visited pages, YouTube will now apply a “stricter standard for mature content” and demote sexually explicit or graphic videos from its “most viewed,” “top favorited,” and other popular pages. Also, thumbnails will now be algorithmically selected.”
Excellent! Now when I do a search for “x-men” I’ll find something related to the actual cartoon and not something more insidious.
Speaking of SexyBack *:
* Never miss an opportunity to play SexyBack…hey, at least you weren’t rick-rolled.
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