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Porn Spammers Hit YouTube

By Harry Kimball,  Newser Staff

Posted May 21, 2009 5:19 PM CDT
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(Newser) – YouTube removed hundreds of pornographic videos posted to the site today in a coordinated attack, the BBC reports. The offending files, uploaded under names such as the Jonas Brothers and Hannah Montana, started innocently enough before turning graphic. “I'm 12 years old and what is this?” went a comment on a fraudulent video entitled “Jonas Brother Live on Stage.”

“This kind of raid showed how easy it is to upload porn to a website that millions of people browse on a daily basis,” a perpetrator told the BBC. “I did it because YouTube keeps deleting music. It was part of a 4Chan raid,” he said, referring to an online community that prides itself on pushing the envelope. “We are aware of the slew of pornographic videos,” said a Google spokesman, promising to disable offending accounts.

The Google headquarters sign is seen in Mountain View, Calif.
The Google headquarters sign is seen in Mountain View, Calif.   (AP Photo)
Not quite pornography.
Not quite pornography.   (Shutter Stock)
YouTube.
YouTube.   (AP Photo)
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Mr.C
May 25, 2009 10:04 AM CDT
..those videos wouldn't be labeled Jonas Brother Live on Stage.
freethemall
May 23, 2009 10:34 AM CDT
The thing that always exasperates me, that always crops up in discussions of this sort, is the coupling of "sex" with "violence". To me they are not, and should not, in anyway be mixed. To me anything goes sexually, that does not involve coercion and (or)violence. That is why I so vehemently oppose S&M, or anything tending in that direction.
freethemall
May 23, 2009 10:19 AM CDT
I quite agree with you, and would add: Many, if not most of these same people, who are so worried about their kids being exposed to erotica, could care less if their little darlings are viewers of any and all kinds of physical violence.

 
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