Archive for the 'You Tube' Category

YouTube launches free video statistics package

Google announced this evening the immediate availability of a new video statistics package free for anyone with a YouTube account. The software, called Insight, gives users access to a range of statistics about the videos they upload to the site, such as where viewers are from, how often viewers in specific geographic regions viewed a […]

Should YouTube be Moderated?

A co-creator of YouTube says he feels uneasy that his video sharing site is frequently used to publish vile clips showing rape, bullying and gratuitous violence, but says it would be impossible to completely eradicate it.
Steve Chen, in Sydney yesterday, told the Herald that vetting all clips before publication would break the fabric of YouTube. […]

China blocks YouTube over Tibet videos

China has blocked access to YouTube after dozens of videos of the protests in Tibet appeared on the popular website.
The blocking added to the communist government’s efforts to control what the public saw and heard about protests that erupted on Friday in the Tibetan capital, Lhasa, against Chinese rule.
Access to YouTube, usually readily available in […]