Popular video sharing platform YouTube has banned certain types of 'dangerous' or 'humorous' video clips of dangerous or psychological distress.
Recently, due to the increase in the number of dangerous activities in the name of 'Challenge' victory through video sharing, there has been a casualty.
Many people are mentally disturbed by the so-called 'challenge' videos, but many are also encouraged to take risky challenges. That's why YouTube decided to ban these content by announcing it.
In May last year, 20-year-old Minnesota woman Mona Lisa Pérez shot her lover shot dead Mario Ruiz, after which it was viral on YouTube.
In the face of an Encyclopedia protects the Ruiz, the hope that the pair was dangerous, but it did not happen. Mona Lisa was imprisoned for 6 months in connection with the death of Ruiz.
In the United States last year, many people became ill with eating detergent pods in the United States to take part in a 'challenge' on the Internet. The situation reached such a stage that the developer of Detergent Pad Proctor and Game long had to start an awareness campaign with American football star Rob Gronkowski in social media.
In recent times, with a show called Netflix Birdbox, new social challenges have emerged in social media, which are encouraged to engage in various activities, including driving. Having participated in such a challenge, he was also at least one accident in driving.
This type of content has 'no place on YouTube', the Google-owned platform is said to have said so, the BBC said.
The media has said that YouTube is banning dangerous or psychologically distressing content, but YouTube has so far failed to implement its existing rules regarding risky content.
The video sharing media announced the removal of such content from their platform in April of last year. Recently, a report by technology journalist BuzzFeed showed that there are still ragas and brutal content left on YouTube.
Some of these videos have been seen several million times, they said.
YouTube said, "We are working wholeheartedly to implement the updated policy of removing content that encourages repression."
But observers believe that YouTube will be more complex in implementing the new policy on Prank Video. It is not easy to identify which content is 'harmful' and not, commenting on them.