YouTube gun ban drives bloggers to PornHub
22 March 2018
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InRangeTV has moved some of its videos to PornHub
YouTube has banned videos that show people how to manufacture or modify guns and their accessories.
It had already banned videos linked to the sale of guns and accessories.
Many firearms enthusiasts noticed that some of their videos had been removed from the video-sharing website and some had their channels suspended.
Prominent gun video-bloggers said the move was an erosion of US citizens' rights, and some said they would move their content to PornHub instead.
YouTube's policies now prohibit videos that:
show how to make a firearm, ammunition, high-capacity magazine or homemade silencers
are designed to sell guns or specific accessories including high-capacity magazines and tools that convert a firearm to automatic fire
show how to convert a firearm to automatic or simulated-automatic fire
show how to install such accessories or modifications
The change was met with anger from some videomakers who modify guns and show off their creations as a hobby.
Karl Kasarda and Ian McCollum, who run the gun review site InRangeTV, said they had started posting their videos on Facebook and pornography site PornHub.
"We will not be seeking any monetisation from PornHub... we are merely looking for a safe harbour for our content and for our viewers," the pair said in a statement.
Firearms manufacturer Spike's Tactical said the change reflected attempts to "slowly chip away at our freedoms and erode our rights".
Videomaker Joerg Sprave said he appreciated YouTube was "now defining their guidelines" more clearly.
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In one light-hearted video, Joerg Sprave makes a weapon that fires pencils
But he said the change had been introduced without a transitional period.
"Many gun channels must now be afraid," he told news site Motherboard.
"They should at least get some time to clean up their videos so the new rules are kept."
Unsuitable for children
On Tuesday, YouTube was criticised after the Sun newspaper found step-by-step instructions on how to build an air rifle on YouTube Kids, the company's app for children.
Despite being designed for children, its content is curated by algorithms. Inappropriate videos have repeatedly slipped through the net.
In February, the BBC's Newsround programme found instructions on how to sharpen knives on YouTube Kids.
At the time, YouTube said it had a variety of processes in place to try to prevent inappropriate material appearing on its platforms.
YouTube gun ban drives bloggers to PornHub
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Ayone seen evidence of this? http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-43500714
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But its ok to show people how to cook meth, what a fornicating joke.
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Facebook is also talking about banning firearms related post .
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Facebook are happy to give people’s details to the Russians.
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The idea if these sights was a free passing of information and expression. I guess like everything else your only allowed to express an oppinion if its a leftist view these days.
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It's not really a Leftist view really, it's just this kind of corporate SJW group think. Not much "left" or "socialist" about youtube or google, they are ruthless capitalistic organizations. It's really just a cultural warfare tactic designed to weaken small businesses (the vast majority of gun manufacturers and gun businesses in the USA are such). The Tech industry has become a haven and funding source for this type of new "authoritarian" Leftism.
Meanwhile in SF, the cradle of this horrible group think, they are building robots to harass homeless people on the streets. The tech industry has been nothing but a bane for us, hasn't translated into any kind of "social justice" I can see.
Meanwhile in SF, the cradle of this horrible group think, they are building robots to harass homeless people on the streets. The tech industry has been nothing but a bane for us, hasn't translated into any kind of "social justice" I can see.
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I'm sort of torn, a bit now, guns and porn are two of my favorite things and now I can enjoy them both in the same place.
Its also a good excuse for watching a hunting video with a raging bonner.
I can just say its left over from the previous clip.
Its also a good excuse for watching a hunting video with a raging bonner.
I can just say its left over from the previous clip.
I'm soft and I don't care.