Research Proposal

EAP2
Research proposal 1
Airi Murasaki
2008/04/10

YouTube Censorship

I became interested in censorship of YouTube. YouTube is shared with a lot of people all over the world. We can watch videos and put videos on this site anytime. The site is actually convenient and interesting. However, You Tube had claims from many countries. Their site shows people in the world in immoral clips. According to the Nation (2007), people in Thailand got hurt from a clip on You Tube. The content of the clip was denying the majesty of an individual. The problem was showing knocking video to people in the world for just fun, although people feel so bad. The clip was seen 16,000 times by people around the world (The Economist, 2007, para.3) They don't care about it. YouTube has no responsibility to manage this site, although the same problem happened in China before. They said no, when people asked them to remove the clip. They needed to have censorship if clips should be shown or not. In fact, YouTube has no censorship policy.

In my paper, I plan to argue that You Tube should watch out if every video is right or not. First, YouTube is spiteful. Next, they admitted to putting on immoral and wrong videos. In addition, they have no responsibility for their work. In conclusion, YouTube affects people on the Internet.

I have found a variety of articles that show You Tube has a disadvantage. Also, I have found many authors who criticize You Tube. I still need to find an article about how YouTube has problems with people in countries.
Reference

The Nation(Thailand).(2007). Freedom Comes With Responsibility. Retrieved March 24, 2008, from Lexis Nexis.
The Economist (2007, April 14), Whose tube?; Censorship and Internet. Retrieved on March 24, 2008 from Lexis Nexis.
Pfanner, E (2007, April 27) Putting A Box Around The Tube; Governments see risk in Internet sharing sites. The International Herald Tribune. Retrieved March 27, 2008 from Lexis Nexis.
The Irish Times (2006, August 4), Judicial Conservatives Open to Protecting Digital Rights. Retrieved on April 6, 2008 from Lexis Nexis.
Brownstein, B (2007, June 15) , Pay TV Continues To Offer A Grand Payload. Montreal. Retrieved on April 6, 2008 from Lexis Nexis.
The Press Report. (2008, March 13), World Internet Security Still Very Weak. Retrieved on March20, 2008 from Lexis Nexis.