Censorship on YouTube

Ashley Bursey in “YouTube censorship no laughing matter” discusses everything could be watched through the Internet, such as news clips, and short videos. Nevertheless, the Chinese government blocked and restricted people from approaching these videos because they might include demonstrations and revolts. People could only watch videos that were checked by a censor on YouTube. A human rights problem might come out, and people could decide whether they want to see something even though it is a bad video. YouTube provides videos to satisfy people. Also, people have rights to share with other people or refuse to watch them.

Censorship is an inescapable issue in the Internet world. It may depend on politics, culture, and morality.

For political parts, in communist countries, they may censor their websites seriously due to peace reason. In order to avoid rebellion, the governments in communist countries may control some sensitive or secret information. This control may cause controversy in human rights because people can’t get information freely. People have rights to get what they want to watch. On the other hand, it is a way to prevent and fight riots. China is this type of country that the government blocks the site to keep people away from inappropriate information.

Culture is another issue to censor the site. Different countries have different cultures, especially religion. Religion is very respectable in some countries, such as Saudi Arabia and Thailand. If the video insulted to their religion, it might cause another controversy in the world. We should not joke with other religions.

People should have responsibility for the videos that they upload. Morality is the important aspect of censorship, because in most countries people are free to upload or watch all videos. So, morality is important not only for censors but also for people who upload the videos. The videos might be not allowed or deleted if they contained too much violence or sex. These videos might influence our society or even the world. When people upload videos, they must consider whether the videos will affect or harm other people.

YouTube is a free website that allows people to upload and share videos freely but not all videos are allowed to be shown on the Internet. It depends on politics, culture, and morality. People should have their own ethic or responsibility when they publish the videos.

Reference:

Bursey, A. (2008, March 22). YouTube censorship no laughing matter. TelegraphJournal. Retrieved March 24, 2008, from http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/magazine/article/246083#