2. Background
• Founded in 2005, making it 7 years old in 2012.
• Over 800m visitors to the site each month.
• The first video ever uploaded was Me At the Zoo!
• Highest viewed video ever is ‘Baby’ - Justin Bieber (over 2 billion
views!)
• We have developed an innovative community-based model to notify
us of potential violations of our Community Guidelines.
• You have to be 13 to have a YouTube account.
• YouTube is the largest online video sharing platform in the world
• Over 72 hours of content are uploaded onto YouTube every MINUTE.
• 70% of YouTube traffic comes from outside of the U.S.
• More than half the videos on YouTube have been rated or
commented on.

3. Instructional
Social Motivational
Uses
Political
Entertainment

5. So why are we here? YouTube is a fantastic place to share, engage and learn. Many
people now spend a lot of their time online with blogs, videos, searching, games and
social networking. Your online experience should be positive and there are some
valuable lessons which you can learn along the way.
1. My password is secure and I never share it
2. I close suspicious pop-ups
3. I read relevant terms before signing up to new sites/services online
4. I block my social networking profiles to people I know
5. When engaging in forums, I do not give out my full name
6. I avoid downloading games or other items from unfamiliar sites
7. I don't easily give up personal information online such as phone number, address
8. If sharing videos/photos, I check privacy settings
9. I would talk to my parents/teacher/trusted adult if I had a negative experience
online
10. I would report a user that was bullying me or another person online
11. I would never use a webcam with people I don't know very well
12. I don't forward embarrassing messages/videos of people that are sent to me by
others
Activity - For each question you answer yes to give yourself a point. Please be honest.
When you are finished your teacher will walk you through what the results mean.

6. Safety Mode
• Filters your search results and removes anything with
inappropriate content that does not violate the
community agreement but may have an age
restriction or rating.
• Safety mode is browser specific so you will have to
enable it in each browser you use.

7. YouTube's Community Guidelines
• Must be 13 years old to have a channel
• Keep it clean. YouTube is not a place
for sexually explicit content.
• Don't post shocking, dangerous or
violent content.
• Don't engage in bullying or threatening
behaviour on YouTube.
• Don't post hateful comments or videos.
• Don't be a spammer!
• Do respect other people's opinions
Passport Writing Assignment:
• If you repeatedly violate the
If you were in charge of writing YouTube’s
Guidelines, your account may be Community Guidelines, what would you
suspended. include?

8. Flagging Videos
• Flags indicate videos that may violate the community
agreements – they are reviewed by REAL people 24/7
• Some videos that are flagged are NOT in violation of the
community agreement but may have an age restriction put on
them, this often occurs when the video contains information
which may have educational, artistic or scientific value.

9. Clearing up Some Policy Myths
• Myth #1: YouTube pre-screens the videos that you
upload
• Myth #2: If I repeatedly flag a video, it will come down.
• Myth #3: If I flag a video, the uploader will know who I
am.
• Myth #4: If I inaccurately report content that I
genuinely believe violates YouTube’s policies, my
account will be terminated
• Myth #5: If someone puts an embarrassing or
otherwise sensitive video of me on YouTube, it will
remain on the site forever.
• Myth #6: We [YouTube’s Policy Team] are robots

10. The Safety & Abuse Tool
• User has a YouTube channel and they use this channel to leave
multiple comments across YouTube that harass or bully another
person.
• User sets up a channel and chooses a name, image and channel
description that are all racist
• User makes inappropriate comments about minors or
uploads/favourites a number of videos that feature minors
• User channel is impersonating another channel e.g. similar
name, profile information, background image and videos.

11. What is Privacy?
• How can your privacy be invaded on YouTube?
• How would you feel if someone posted
personal information or a video about you
online?
• What can be done to protect online privacy?
• How is ‘online’ privacy different
to 'offline' privacy?