Youtube And Social Responsibility

EDM number 159 in 2007-08, proposed by John Pugh on 08/11/2007.
Categorised under the topics of Anti-social behaviour, Broadcasting, Crime and Internet and cybercrime.

That this House believes that the growth of websites like YouTube which allows uncontrolled uploading of video material represents a significant challenge to civilised society since it can feature acts of bullying, animal cruelty, sadism and activities of an illegal nature hidden behind a cloak of anonymity; thinks that the willingness of site owners to remove such material only when reported is a feeble response to such abuse of the media; calls on site owners to establish volunteer moderators who subsequent to uploading of material can assess whether any content breaches any code of publication defined for the site; notes that such collective moderation is preferable to the type of filtering technology used by Google in China and Taiwan; and observes that allowing a public platform for anonymous, aggressive and undesirable activity, however temporarily, is incompatible with responsible corporate behaviour.

This motion has been signed by a total of 35 MPs.