YouTube
suspends Prime Minister Tony Abbott's YouTube account
News.com,
3 February, 2014
TONY Abbott may claim he's "delivered on his promise", but over the weekend a glitch on video site YouTube meant his message was taken down for 'deceptive content'.
3 February, 2014
TONY Abbott may claim he's "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.
"It's
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 Minister's video was suspended by
YouTube after social media users claimed it contained 'deceptive
content'.
YouTube's
guidelines state videos are reviewed when "a video gets flagged
as inappropriate". YouTube then suspended Mr Abbott's entire
account.
"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 YouTube's Terms of Service. Good to see them applying
standards to content - even content made by powerful organisations."
Tony
Abbott's YouTube account terminated for breaching policy against
spams,scams & commercially deceptive content.
Tony
Abbott's YouTube video terminated for deceptive content. YouTube
suspends the entire channel!!!! Absolute gold!!!!
Wait,
I thought that YouTube Tony Abbott thing was just photoshop... But
it's true! His whole channel has been removed.
YouTube's
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 Abbott’s suspended YouTube account. Picture:
reddit Source: Supplied
Mr
Abbott's page is now back up and running, as is the video, but a
statement from Google sent to news.com.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.com.au
have contacted the Prime Minister's office for comment.
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