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Content is your business, you make money out of it, you must screen it
samunplugged 25th Feb 2010
CEO of ebay India was arrested because a college student tried to sell pornographic dvd. Also, there have been cases where user posted comments invited legal actions from public.

#1: If content is user generated and there is one single instance of report, you are supposed to bring the video down and screen it. This is not just a legal condition, it is also moral and ethical.

Frankly, there are times when you can stumble upon forced sex and child abuse on video sites and they still place advertisements beside such content - technically, a barter where they show you disturbing/defamatory/& abusive cotent for exchange of an advert. How is that not illegal?

If Google links to it, its legally okay. (But it is still unethical). It hosts such content on its server - then its completely illegal. More twist is added because they copied the video to servers across the continent! If I had to individually make copies of such videos I will be arrested, but when Google distributes it across their servers, exports it to different nations, no one utters a word - what a shame - we're allowing Google to hide behind technology and heavy usage - and essentially allowing Google to do what is illegal for 'rest of us'!

Now, considering all the facts, today it is impossible for Google to screen all content, but it is wrong to say that they have no moral responsibility. Moreover, it is wrong to not bring a video down that was reported as abusive in first instance and screen it manually.

This specific case involved a video that shot to 'most viewed' videos and it was a sick video. If they think they can code a video, host it on their cloud and then have to do nothing but watch those videos they completely wrong. They are doing a business and are supposed to keep a check on abusive usage. If a retailer wont allow child abuse in its premise, Google can't be allowed to distribute the video using its website. Don't be a devil, Google.
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