We have strict rules on what's allowed, and a system that enables anyone who sees inappropriate content to report it to our 24/7 review team and have it dealt with promptly. We educate our community on the rules and include a direct link from every YouTube page to make this process as easy as possible for our users. Given the volume of content uploaded on our site, we think this is by far the most effective way to make sure that the tiny minority of videos that break the rules come down quickly. 2 Approximate values based on statistical data; actual bitrate can be higher or lower due to variable encoding rate. The interface of the website is available with localized versions in 24 countries and a worldwide version. |- | | French | |- | | Italian | |- | | Japanese | |- | | Dutch | |- | | Polish | |- | | Spanish | |- | | English (United Kingdom) | |- | | Spanish (Mexico) | |- | | English (Australia) | |- | | English (Canada) and French (Canada) | |- | | Spanish | |}

The YouTube interface suggests which local version should be chosen on the basis of the IP address of the user. In some cases, the message "This video is not available in your country" may appear because of copyright restrictions or inappropriate content.

Plans for YouTube to create a local version in Turkey have run into problems, since the Turkish authorities asked YouTube to set up an office in Turkey, which would be subject to Turkish law. YouTube says that it has no intention of doing this, and that its videos are not subject to Turkish law. Turkish authorities have expressed concerns that YouTube has been used to post videos insulting to Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and some material offensive to Muslims.

In March 2009, a dispute between YouTube and the British royalty collection agency PRS for Music led to premium music videos being blocked for YouTube users in the United Kingdom. The removal of videos posted by the major record companies occurred after failure to reach agreement on a licensing deal. The dispute was resolved in September 2009. In April 2009, a similar dispute led to the removal of premium music videos for users in Germany.

April Fools

YouTube has featured an April Fools prank on the site on April 1 of every year since 2008: 2008: All the links to the videos on the main page were redirected to Rick Astley's music video "Never Gonna Give You Up", a prank known as "Rickrolling". 2009: When clicking on a video on the main page, the whole page turned upside down. YouTube claimed that this was a new layout. 2010: YouTube temporarily released a "TEXTp" mode, which translated the colors in the videos to random upper case letters. YouTube claimed in a message that this was done in order to reduce bandwidth costs by $1 per second.

See also

Alternative media

CNN-YouTube presidential debates

Comparison of video services

Dailymotion Similar video sharing site located in Paris, France

List of Internet phenomena

List of YouTube personalities

Motion picture rating system#YouTube YouTube ratings

Viacom International Inc. v. YouTube, Inc.

Viral video

YouTube Awards

YouTube Instant

YouTube Live

References

Bibliography

External links

YouTube mobile site

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