YouTube suspends Prime Minister Tony Abbotts YouTube account 6 hours ago February 03, 2014 12:38PM Video Image Abbott video banned from YouTube 2:16 Play video content5.video.news.au/NDM_-_news.au/274/746/2434508320_promo215648023_648x365_2434509550-hero.jpg A video posted by Australian PM Tony Abbott was removed from YouTube due to its deceptive content. It has since been reposted on the video sharing site. Courtesy Tony Abbott/YouTube Autoplay On Off TONY Abbott may claim hes delivered on his promise, but over the weekend a glitch on video site YouTube meant his message was taken down for deceptive content. Over the weekend Abbott released a video titled A Message from the PM - Delivering on Our Promises . In the clip Mr Abbott describes a growing national confidence and promises to scrap the carbon tax, end the waste and get the budget under control. From talking to people around our country, my sense is that confidence is returning, he says. He claims the Federal Government has made big progress in border protection and boasts last month was the first since 2009 that has gone without the arrival of a single illegal boat. The people smugglers are finally getting the message that this country is under new management, Mr Abbott says. Its been a remarkable turnaround in only a few months. Our policies are working. But it seems others see it differently. Soon after it was released, the Prime Ministers video was suspended by YouTube after social media users claimed it contained deceptive content. YouTubes guidelines state videos are reviewed when a video gets flagged as inappropriate. YouTube then suspended Mr Abbotts entire account. Tony Abbotts deleted tweet featuring deleted video. Picture: M... Tony Abbott’s deleted tweet featuring deleted video. Picture: Mumbrella Source: Supplied Well, to be fair on YouTube, Abbott has broken well over a dozen promises since his election, wrote one reddit user. Removal of his latest speech (which talks about delivery of his promises) is well within YouTubes Terms of Service. Good to see them applying standards to content - even content made by powerful organisations. YouTubes guidelines state: We review the video to determine whether it violates our Terms of Use - flagged videos are not automatically taken down by the system. If we remove your video after reviewing it, you can assume that we removed it purposefully, and you should take our warning notification seriously. A screengrab of Tony Abbotts suspended YouTube account. Picture... A screengrab of Tony Abbott’s suspended YouTube account. Picture: reddit Source: Supplied Mr Abbotts page is now back up and running, as is the video, but a statement from Google sent to news.au and Mumbrella provides some insight into the tech fail. Occasionally, a video flagged by users is mistakenly taken down. When this is brought to our attention, we quickly review the content and take appropriate action, including restoring videos or channels that had been removed. *news.au have contacted the Prime Ministers office for comment.
Posted on: Mon, 03 Feb 2014 07:10:48 +0000
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