Question: YouTube has no ethics, its been created for the sole purpose of entertainment and money. Do you agree?

Answer:

In the recent weeks, You Tube has made headlines several times on the local newspapers. Several videos were claimed to have been uploaded on You Tube, featuring images of graffiti over the face of the king of Thailand, where the film too showed feet being placed over the king's face which sigifies a form of disrespect towards the country's monarchy. Earlier on, You Tube has also been accused of infringing copyright laws due to the display of several clips consisting of copyrighted material. Various videos with sexual content, together with the numerous scandals regarding this online website have also set many thinking whether You Tube indeed has no ethics, and that the sole purpose of its creation is purely for entertainment and money.

To gain a better idea of this arguement, one has to first understand what this online website is all about. You Tube, to put it simply, is an online website, where videos can either be uploaded for mass sharing, or downloaded for personal viewing during leisure for one's personal pleasure. I personally agree with the claim that You Tube has no ethics and that it has been created purely for the sole purpose of entertainment and money.

I am sure many young teenagers like me frequent You Tube, and through the downloading of videos, satisfy their hunger for the latest drama series, and keep themselves occupied through the viewing this of this form of visual entertainment. Yet, as we enjoy the use of this online entertainment, do we ever consider the fact that we are enjoying ourselves at the expense of others? I refer to the many video clips of various latest drama series, originating from various countries such as Japan, Korea, as well as Taiwan, that has already been uploaded on You Tube whilst the drama series itself is still being screened on local television network. Since these drama series can be easily accessible, and viewed via the You Tube, many developed the mindset of simply downloading the series from the Internet, instead of spending money to buy a copy of it. Many of the artistes who took part in the production, depend on the profits obtained from the sale of the vcds of these drama series to earn a living. Hence, the existence of this online website, where it claimed to exist as a medium for people to share their videos freely, will result in the diminishing sales of such vcds. The provision of entertainment to the masses is therefore carried out without consideration of others, at the expense of the livelihood of others, where it is an act i would deem as unethical, lsupporting my view that the You Tube indeed only exists for entertainment and money.

Also, despite claims that overtly sexual material is flagged by users and removed by YouTube, there are still a variety of video clips which features content such as the effective use of condom and so on. As i mentioned earlier on, many youths frequent this online website. the accessibilty to such video clips available on the You Tube may send a wrong signal to these ignorant youths. By demonstrating the proper way of using condoms, these video clips may arouse their curiosity towards sex and may even seem like a form of encouragement, giving them the impression that it is alright to partake in underage sex, and acceptable to commit such immoral acts. The change in mentality of these youngsters may lead to disastrous effects in the society-the rapid increase in the number of teenagers taking part in underage sex, an increase in the abortion cases as well as in the number of abandoned babies when young female teenagers do not have the abilty to to bring up the children they conceived during a night of passion. By not filtering out these videos which contain a certain amount of sexual content, and allowing the rampant spread of this video via the Internet, You Tube clearly does not consider the impacts that is inflicted on these teens, and hence is unethical as it is not concerned about the consequences that may result in its broadcasting of the video.

Hence, You Tube is clearly unethical.