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Youtube cuts out weapons in the UK
BLIGHTY-BASED YOUTUBE viewers will be blocked from watching any videos in which weapons are used to intimidate people, once they have been flagged as such.
According to the site's owner Google, the move comes as part of the site's attempt to create "policies that reflect local laws and sensitivities and that encompass the diverse content posted by users every day."
The recent fuss over knife and gun crime has led Youtube to the decision that "videos in the UK that involve showing weapons with the aim of intimidation," are to be blocked from our sensitive eyes, lest we become emotionally scarred.
A spokestube said the site "is a community site used by millions of people in very positive ways. Sadly, as with any form of communication, a tiny minority of people will try to break the rules. When users see content they think is inappropriate they can flag it and our staff will review it. If the content breaks our terms we aim to remove it quickly and if a user repeatedly breaks the rules we will disable their account."
Google has warned that, because the policy is only coming into effect now, there will be existing content currently on the site which violates it, however it has said that with the help of viewers reporting inappropriate videos as such, its review team can quickly flag all such content.
Similarly new videos on the site are not vetted when they are first posted, but users can report videos they believe contravene any of the guidelines.
This is not the first case of localised policy enforcement for Youtube. For instance, Nazi related material on the site is blocked to German viewers.
At least videos teaching you how to defend yourself against an attacker wielding a banana are accessible for the time being. µ
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...So now if I want to watch practically anything on youtube that isn't an Avril Lavigne music video, I have to connect through an American proxy because some numb nuts decided it was better for me to not see knives and guns?
God damn it, I best cover my monitor in duct tape whilst I'm playing UT as I will go out and kill someone!
Why are the english complaining? You get what you vote for. They (as a general group) _chose_ those politicians who pushed the current nanny state. The process took decades. If you don't like it, vote for someone else and stop complaining.

But don't forget that it takes longer to undo bad policy than to enact it, hence be prepared to keep voting differently for a long time to come.
Good points in the comments, but guns have been always an easier ploy to take including in various forms of entertainment Chuck Norris or multiple Presidents who come from Texas where the gun is the rule. How does it go Death and Taxes as the result of Guns and Texas?
Ah, the road to censorship. Youtube/Google should not enforce this moronic policy, and should instead follow the current laws pertaining to broadcasting.

This will only lead to a few do-gooders trawling Youtube and flooding the censors with requests to block things they deem unsuitable. I hope Youtube takes note of how many times each user reports suspect material, and factors that into their evaluation.

Why not simply implement a PEGI type age rating system for online video content? Oh wait, that wouldn't enable the foothold to further censorship!
The only State sanctioned violence is War Porn against people unfortunate enough to have things we want.
So, Google has agreed to censor youtube for british users. When did this ever seem like a good idea to them?
This is absolutely absurd.
@ the other commentators. you would seem to be unaware of current 'trend' culture for youths in britain to 'record' and therefor usually commit to 'record' said crimes so that they may broadcast them on youtube, and then send to relatives and friends in jest and mock. would you prefer a video of someone taking a kicking stayed up? for their friends and family to gather round at teatime and watch repeatedly no doubt.
Every time i see something like this i remember communism and how i felt back then.
Thank you google for doing your little part in the killing of our freedoms.
What you can't see can't hurt you? Sounds like ostrich politics to me. Now we'll just have to follow the BBC to get some good weapon intimidation films. Or a Chuck Norris film.
May be now they should ban every movie that shows gun.... Wait a min.. 99.9% movies have guns ... On the second thought, what about James Bond movies ?? 

I feel sorry for people with Moronic thinking especially for the people who work for government or as a government.