This article is about how YouTube have changed the restriction for gay-themed content on its website; they have tried to block out many different things related to this topic and many people associated with this have found this to be very direspectful as they believe that this is personally a bad thing for them. Tegan and Sara, who are both openly gay, were among those who complained about the policy, pointing out its absurdities in a series of tweets: “If you put @YouTube on restricted mode a bunch of our music videos disappear. … LGBTQ people shouldn’t be restricted. SAD!”. In addition, The “restricted” designation lets parents, schools and libraries filter out content that isn’t appropriate for users under 18. Turning on the restriction makes videos inaccessible. YouTube calls it “an optional feature used by a very small subset of users”. However, it’s unclear if the types of videos in question are now being categorised as restricted for the first time, or if this is a long-standing policy towards sexuality that is only now getting attention.
- What sorts of content are filtered out in restricted mode can vary by region, based on countries’ community standards. In general, though, it includes “sexually explicit language or excessive profanity”, and violent or disturbing content, according to YouTube’s policies.
- YouTube content creators can age-restrict their videos themselves. But that’s just one of the ways sensitive content is filtered out. YouTube says it also uses “community flagging”, which means users can flag videos for possible restrictions or removal.
In my opinion, I believe that what YouTube is doing is very wrong and discriminating to the LGBTQ society. I think that YouTube accept what they do and shouldn't question how they act online as it is a personal things and most likely making them feel like they're not apart of this society. If some particular users have something against the way they are behaving, then they still have the option to block that particular account and carry on with searching other content on YouTube. However, if they are fine with this then YouTube shouldn't interfere with this as this is someones personal life and considering they're a large institution, they should respect that people for who they are etc.
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