Porn on YouTube
Recently the Media Research Center (MRC), one of the largest media watchdog groups in America, put out an official report about the volume of soft-core pornography on YouTube. Read the Executive Summary and the Full Report on the Culture and Media Institute website. Bear in mind: the report itself is quite explicit in its findings. Reader discretion is advised.
CMI looked at the most popular search results for the word “porn” – yielding 157 videos that each had more than 1 million views. While YouTube blocks actual nudity, there are many videos, images, and words adults would find objectionable.
- Searching the word “porn” returns more than 330,000 results, many of which are sexually suggestive in their language and themes.
- Two-thirds of the 157 “porn” videos advertise themselves as being actual pornography.
- Many videos feature clips from actual porn movies, interviews with porn stars, advertisements for porn sites, and phone sex lines.
- Profanity is also commonplace in the titles and comments for the videos
The CMI recommends that parents monitor their children when it comes to YouTube, and remember that even seemingly harmless videos and search terms can have bad results.
One way a parent can do these things is by installing a good accountability software option. Encourage open communication in the home about what is seen and heard online. Nurture an at-home culture of accountability, especially when it comes to media. Covenant Eyes Accountability Software does an excellent job scoring not only the videos watched, but also the related items on every single Web page (such as links, comments, and “related videos”).
Is the covenant eyes software that we have the same as covenant eyes accountability software? I didn’t realize it scored individual videos. I just thought it says “You Tube”
@Rose – Yes. It is the same. Our scoring system examines everything on a Web page: so on a YouTube video it will score any text on the page (including comments made by others, titles of related videos, etc.), and any links to other places on YouTube. For this reason some video pages will score higher than others. I might also add that these scores can change over time because content on YouTube changes all the time. Our scoring system is dynamic, allowing it to be flexible with rapidly changing video networks, like YouTube.
Yeah, YouTube can be dangerous. I generally don’t browse the site. I only visit if there’s something specific I’m looking for. Browsing and looking at peoples profiles will only get you into trouble.