Industry Notes
YouTube launched a cyberbullying prevention campaign Friday with a video of a slightly overweight 15-year-old reciting a poem about the “Cry of the Dolphins.” The comment section is riddled with negative comments such as, “OMG too bad no one…
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harpooned ur mom.” Halfway through the poem, oceanking97 pauses the video, reads one of the negative comments, then says, “Every day, real kids like me get bullied online. Please, think before you comment.” The screen then shows a link to the YouTube Safety Center, where cyberbullying and other problems can be reported. On the YouTube blog, YouTube recommended deleting negative comments and blocking the commenters, reporting comments that insult race, gender or disability, avoiding making negative comments oneself, and contacting a teacher or parent if the comments make the user feel unsafe or threatened.