Is YouTube Watching Us?

For years, YouTube has given all of us plenty of topics to talk about; Plenty of videos that made us laugh, and smile. But, while we are watching the content and videos that YouTube provides, YouTube is watching us, as well…

Just this Tuesday, an issue brought forth to a federal court by Viacom concerning copyright infringing content on YouTube, got a ruling by the judge, that all user’s personal information while on YouTube, such as user I.D, I.P address, and a record of every video that a user has ever watched on YouTube, must be given to Viacom to keep a “record” of how many YouTube viewers watch copyright infringed material as opposed to regular videos. YouTube and Google argued that the content and material that a user watches and experiences while on the internet is extremely personal information, and should therefore be kept to the user only. The court, however, ruled otherwise.

With this new Big Brother that YouTube has, does this mean that the government will take other measure such as this to control the content and material that viewers watch on the internet?

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