Youtube "Safety Center" for Cyber Abuse

by Jordan Yerman | December 11, 2008 at 06:13 am

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Despite our collective aspiration to a clean, enlightened Internet, where everyone's equal and happy, the online world is like the real world: populated in part by jerks. Hate speech, bullying and general nastiness have prompted Google to add an abuse and safety guide to its megapopular Youtube site.

According to a post on the official Google blog, the new section of YouTube's help center features "straightforward safety tips and multimedia resources from experts and prominent safety organizations" regarding topics like cyberbulling, privacy, spam, and sexual exploitation.

YouTube also says that the resource guide will make it more straightforward to find out how to manage privacy and safety settings.

Source: news.cnet.com

The center features straightforward safety tips and multimedia resources from experts and prominent safety organizations. We are empowering people with the information and tools they need to help them deal with issues like cyberbullying, online harassment, and hateful content.

Source: googleblog.blogspot.com

Aside from giving tips on what to do if you're getting harrassed online, the guide reminds users that they're empowered, and can report instances of jerkiness to a given site's moderators. I flag stuff on Youtube all the time. Hey, I take my work home with me.