Joe Rogan has been ridiculed by fans after falling for a clickbait hoax on YouTube.
The Joe Rogan Experience presenter has faced high-profile boycotts in the past over his platforming of conspiracy theories.
During a recent episode, Rogan was seen describing at length a boxing match he had seen that supposedly took place between a father and a son.
“I saw a video today of a boxing match between a father and a son. It made me so sad. Because there’s this young kid, he looks like he’s probably 17 or 18, and the father’s 42. And the father beats the s*** out of him.”
Rogan went on to describe the one-sided bout in detail, claiming that the younger fighter “definitely has brain damage now”.
“You just did that to your son. You’re supposed to just touch him up... You don’t tee off on your son’s face on television.
The Joe Rogan Experience presenter has faced high-profile boycotts in the past over his platforming of conspiracy theories.
During a recent episode, Rogan was seen describing at length a boxing match he had seen that supposedly took place between a father and a son.
“I saw a video today of a boxing match between a father and a son. It made me so sad. Because there’s this young kid, he looks like he’s probably 17 or 18, and the father’s 42. And the father beats the s*** out of him.”
Rogan went on to describe the one-sided bout in detail, claiming that the younger fighter “definitely has brain damage now”.
“You just did that to your son. You’re supposed to just touch him up... You don’t tee off on your son’s face on television.
- 12/23/2022
- by Louis Chilton
- The Independent - TV
Despite YouTube’s efforts over the past three months, the platform’s “wormhole” of videos and comments fetishizing young children is still thriving.
In mid-February, YouTuber Matt Watson posted a lengthy video detailing what he called a “wormhole” of predatory comments being left on YouTube videos of young children. Many of those videos appeared to have been stolen from genuine accounts where parents and children shared videos. The videos were likely stolen given that the accounts featured random English or Cyrillic usernames, many of which had uploaded multiple videos of different children.
Following Watson's video, and amid the exit of advertisers en masse, YouTube took a number of steps to buff up child safety on the platform. It introduced a new algorithm it claimed was twice as effective at hunting down and removing predatory comments. It disabled comments wholesale on tens of millions of videos showing minors. And, controversially, it...
In mid-February, YouTuber Matt Watson posted a lengthy video detailing what he called a “wormhole” of predatory comments being left on YouTube videos of young children. Many of those videos appeared to have been stolen from genuine accounts where parents and children shared videos. The videos were likely stolen given that the accounts featured random English or Cyrillic usernames, many of which had uploaded multiple videos of different children.
Following Watson's video, and amid the exit of advertisers en masse, YouTube took a number of steps to buff up child safety on the platform. It introduced a new algorithm it claimed was twice as effective at hunting down and removing predatory comments. It disabled comments wholesale on tens of millions of videos showing minors. And, controversially, it...
- 6/3/2019
- by James Loke Hale
- Tubefilter.com
In January, At&T brought its ad spend back to YouTube after a nearly two-year-long absence. At the time, its chief brand officer, Fiona Carter, said the company’s return post-Adpocalypse was due to it being “100% confident” that there was a “near-zero” chance of ads running next to objectionable videos. But now, weeks after At&T and a number of other major marketers pulled their ads again amid a potential Adpocalypse 2.0, YouTube has said it may never be 100% brand-safe.
U.K. marketing director Nishma Robb explained that she doesn’t think achieving 100% brand safety is “the reality of our platform,” while speaking at the Incorporated Society of British Advertisers’ annual conference on March 5, per The Drum. “The reality is, the internet has dark pockets and our job is to continue to work hard to ensure we have the machines and processes to remove harmful content,” she added.
Those “dark pockets” most...
U.K. marketing director Nishma Robb explained that she doesn’t think achieving 100% brand safety is “the reality of our platform,” while speaking at the Incorporated Society of British Advertisers’ annual conference on March 5, per The Drum. “The reality is, the internet has dark pockets and our job is to continue to work hard to ensure we have the machines and processes to remove harmful content,” she added.
Those “dark pockets” most...
- 3/6/2019
- by James Loke Hale
- Tubefilter.com
YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki says YouTube is using “an abundance of caution” as it addresses users’ and advertisers’ concerns over pedophilic comments left on videos of young children.
Speaking today at the Lesbians Who Tech + Allies Summit in San Francisco, Wojcicki added (as reported by CNBC), “I’m a mom. I understand kids. As a parent, I understand it and really want to do the right thing.”
This is the first time Wojcicki has spoken publicly on the matter since YouTuber Matt Watson posted his investigation into the comments, which were left on hundreds of apparently stolen and reuploaded videos of children.
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Speaking today at the Lesbians Who Tech + Allies Summit in San Francisco, Wojcicki added (as reported by CNBC), “I’m a mom. I understand kids. As a parent, I understand it and really want to do the right thing.”
This is the first time Wojcicki has spoken publicly on the matter since YouTuber Matt Watson posted his investigation into the comments, which were left on hundreds of apparently stolen and reuploaded videos of children.
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- 3/1/2019
- by James Loke Hale
- Tubefilter.com
For the past two weeks, YouTube has been doing damage control. After YouTuber Matt Watson discovered swarms of pedophilic comments on videos of young kids, major marketers pulled their ad spend, and YouTube has since been taking increasingly drastic steps to waylay the likely inevitable coming of Adpocalypse 2.0.
Now, in its latest and certainly most radical move, YouTube has disabled comments on tens of millions of videos that show kids who are under 18. The mass disabling affects channels posting videos “that could be subject to predatory behavior,” YouTube said in a Creator Blog post about the subject.
In action, those who could be subject to predatory behavior appears to be virtually everyone whose channel regularly has videos of kids. Even small channels, like actor Jason Nash’s family vlog, which has 220,000 subs, have been hit. In fact, YouTube says only “a small number of creators” will be able to keep...
Now, in its latest and certainly most radical move, YouTube has disabled comments on tens of millions of videos that show kids who are under 18. The mass disabling affects channels posting videos “that could be subject to predatory behavior,” YouTube said in a Creator Blog post about the subject.
In action, those who could be subject to predatory behavior appears to be virtually everyone whose channel regularly has videos of kids. Even small channels, like actor Jason Nash’s family vlog, which has 220,000 subs, have been hit. In fact, YouTube says only “a small number of creators” will be able to keep...
- 3/1/2019
- by James Loke Hale
- Tubefilter.com
YouTube doesn’t exactly have a sterling reputation among parents these days. From reports of trolls gaming the algorithm to target kids with disturbing or violent content to parents freaking out over the (most likely extremely fake) “Momo” suicide challenge to the mere existence of the Paul brothers, YouTube is known for being something of a content cesspool. That reputation was only bolstered by recent reports that pedophiles were lurking in the comments section of kids’ videos, swapping contact info and even posting time-stamps where kids were featured in compromising poses.
- 2/28/2019
- by EJ Dickson
- Rollingstone.com
Just a month after it resumed running ads on YouTube, At&T has become the latest major company to sever its marketing relationship with the platform.
It’s joining the likes of Fortnite developer Epic Games, McDonald’s, Hasbro, Nestlé, and (reportedly) Disney, all of which have withdrawn ad spend from YouTube over the past couple of days.
They’re pulling away after an investigation by YouTuber Matt Watson uncovered swarms of pedophilic comments left on innocent videos of young children. The videos (many of which showed kids doing gymnastics or in swimwear) were presumably originally uploaded either by children or their parents, and then were stolen and reuploaded by suspicious accounts. In the videos’ comments, viewers openly talked about how attractive they found the children, linked each other to child pornography, and offered lists of timestamps showing moments in the videos where the children were in compromising positions.
YouTube has since taken action,...
It’s joining the likes of Fortnite developer Epic Games, McDonald’s, Hasbro, Nestlé, and (reportedly) Disney, all of which have withdrawn ad spend from YouTube over the past couple of days.
They’re pulling away after an investigation by YouTuber Matt Watson uncovered swarms of pedophilic comments left on innocent videos of young children. The videos (many of which showed kids doing gymnastics or in swimwear) were presumably originally uploaded either by children or their parents, and then were stolen and reuploaded by suspicious accounts. In the videos’ comments, viewers openly talked about how attractive they found the children, linked each other to child pornography, and offered lists of timestamps showing moments in the videos where the children were in compromising positions.
YouTube has since taken action,...
- 2/21/2019
- by James Loke Hale
- Tubefilter.com
Epic Games, the publisher of blockbuster video game Fortnite, has paused its pre-roll ad spend on YouTube after discovering that spots were appearing alongside ostensibly innocent videos of underage girls that were found to be encouraging pedophilia in the comments section.
Epic’s move arrives after the YouTuber Matt Watson revealed in a widely-viewed exposé video that a “wormhole” on YouTube exists whereby videos of adolescent and pre-adolescent girls -- doing gymnastics or yoga or lounging by the pool -- are attracting pedophiles in their comments sections, where viewers are time-stamping moments they find to be arousing, and even sharing links to child pornography on external websites.
In addition to that sickening revelation, Wired reports that ads from major brands were also airing alongside the videos -- which have collectively gathered millions of views, it says -- including the likes car manufacturer Alfa Romeo, Fiat, Fortnite, online grammar-checking platform Grammarly,...
Epic’s move arrives after the YouTuber Matt Watson revealed in a widely-viewed exposé video that a “wormhole” on YouTube exists whereby videos of adolescent and pre-adolescent girls -- doing gymnastics or yoga or lounging by the pool -- are attracting pedophiles in their comments sections, where viewers are time-stamping moments they find to be arousing, and even sharing links to child pornography on external websites.
In addition to that sickening revelation, Wired reports that ads from major brands were also airing alongside the videos -- which have collectively gathered millions of views, it says -- including the likes car manufacturer Alfa Romeo, Fiat, Fortnite, online grammar-checking platform Grammarly,...
- 2/20/2019
- by Geoff Weiss
- Tubefilter.com
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