Dark Side of Youtube ; Shocked Mps Want More Protection for Children

Daily Mail (July 31, 2008)

Author: Daniel Martin

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THE video-sharing website YouTube is failing to do enough to protect children from the 'dark side' of the internet, MPs warn today.

They criticise it for not effectively screening videos for sexual and violent content, which in one case led to film of an apparent gang rape not being taken down until it had been seen by hundreds of users.

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Dark Side of Youtube ; Shocked Mps Want More Protection for Children

And the all-party Commons culture committee said it was 'unimpressed' that YouTube made no attempt to vet clips posted by users.

The MPs said they were shocked to find material containing child abuse could take up to 2...

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