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{{Short description|Video-sharing platform owned by Google}} | |||
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|company_type = Subsidiary | |company_type = Subsidiary | ||
|foundation = {{Start date|2005|2|14}} | |foundation = {{Start date|2005|2|14}} | ||
|founder = {{Unbulleted list|[[ | |founder = {{Unbulleted list|[[Steve Chen]]|[[Chad Hurley]]|[[Jawed Karim]]}} | ||
|location_city = [[BKC, Mumbai]] | |location_city = [[BKC, Mumbai]] | ||
|location_country = India | |location_country = India | ||
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|advertising = Ads & Subscription | |advertising = Ads & Subscription | ||
|launch_date = {{Start date and age|2005|2|14}} | |launch_date = {{Start date and age|2005|2|14}} | ||
|screenshot = | |screenshot =YouTube homepage.png | ||
|caption = Screenshot of | |caption = Screenshot of homepage on November 2, 2022 | ||
| content_license = Uploader holds copyright (standard license); [[Creative Commons]] can be selected.<!-- content_license is not part of "Infobox dot-com company" which is the primary reason "Infobox website" was added. Please Talk before doing anything --> | | content_license = Uploader holds copyright (standard license); [[Creative Commons]] can be selected.<!-- content_license is not part of "Infobox dot-com company" which is the primary reason "Infobox website" was added. Please Talk before doing anything --> | ||
| type = [[Video hosting service]] | | type = [[Video hosting service]] | ||
| registration = Required | | registration = Required | ||
| current_status = Active | | current_status = Active | ||
|logo=YouTube Logo 2017.svg|logo_size=250px}} | |||
'''YouTube''' is a free [[video sharing]] website on the [[internet]]. The website lets people upload, view, and share videos. YouTube started on February 14, 2005, by three former workers of [[PayPal]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Whois Record for YouTube.com|url=http://whois.domaintools.com/youtube.com|work=whois.domaintools.com|accessdate=March 7, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4798133.stm|title=YouTube aims to show music videos|date=August 16, 2006|publisher=BBC}}</ref> Now, [[Google]] (a search engine company) owns and operates YouTube. YouTube now carries paid [[advertisements]] on all pages. | |||
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Videos can be rated with likes or dislikes, and viewers can subscribe to channels they like. Videos can be commented on if viewers log into their own accounts. The number of times a video has been watched (known as "views") is shown. | Videos can be rated with likes or dislikes, and viewers can subscribe to channels they like. Videos can be commented on if viewers log into their own accounts. The number of times a video has been watched (known as "views") is shown. | ||
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=== Turkey === | === Turkey === | ||
Turkey blocked YouTube on March 6, 2007 for letting videos that were mean or discriminating to Turks and [[Mustafa Kemal Atatürk|Atatürk]], the founder of modern Turkey, to be shown. Because of a "virtual war" between Greeks, Armenians, Kurds and Turks on YouTube, people from each side posted videos to hurt the other.<ref>{{cite web|last=|first=|date=March 7, 2007|title=Turkey pulls plug on YouTube over Atatürk 'insults'|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/turkey/story/0,,2028543,00.html|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|accessdate=March 7, 2007|website=The Guardian}}</ref> The video that caused the banning said that [[Turkey|Turks]] and Atatürk were gay. The video was first mentioned on [[CNN Türk|Turkish CNN]] and the [[Istanbul]] public prosecutor sued YouTube for being mean to Turkishness.<ref>{{cite web|last=|first=|date=March 8, 2007|title=Turkey bans YouTube|url=http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117960760.html?categoryid=1009&cs=1|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070312230855/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117960760.html?categoryid=1009&cs=1|archive-date=March 12, 2007|accessdate=March 10, 2007|website=|dead-url=}}</ref> The court suspended access to YouTube while waiting for the removal of the video. The ban was criticized a lot. YouTube lawyers sent proof of removal to court and users could access the website again on March 9, 2007.<ref>{{cite web|last=|first=|date=March 9, 2007|title=Turkey revokes YouTube ban|url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/Technology/Turkey-revokes-YouTube-ban/2007/03/10/1173167025391.html|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|accessdate=March 9, 2007|website=The Age}}</ref> | Turkey blocked YouTube on March 6, 2007, for letting videos that were mean or discriminating to Turks and [[Mustafa Kemal Atatürk|Atatürk]], the founder of modern Turkey, to be shown. Because of a "virtual war" between Greeks, Armenians, Kurds and Turks on YouTube, people from each side posted videos to hurt the other.<ref>{{cite web|last=|first=|date=March 7, 2007|title=Turkey pulls plug on YouTube over Atatürk 'insults'|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/turkey/story/0,,2028543,00.html|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|accessdate=March 7, 2007|website=The Guardian}}</ref> The video that caused the banning said that [[Turkey|Turks]] and Atatürk were gay. The video was first mentioned on [[CNN Türk|Turkish CNN]] and the [[Istanbul]] public prosecutor sued YouTube for being mean to Turkishness.<ref>{{cite web|last=|first=|date=March 8, 2007|title=Turkey bans YouTube|url=http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117960760.html?categoryid=1009&cs=1|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070312230855/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117960760.html?categoryid=1009&cs=1|archive-date=March 12, 2007|accessdate=March 10, 2007|website=|dead-url=}}</ref> The court suspended access to YouTube while waiting for the removal of the video. The ban was criticized a lot. YouTube lawyers sent proof of removal to court and users could access the website again on March 9, 2007.<ref>{{cite web|last=|first=|date=March 9, 2007|title=Turkey revokes YouTube ban|url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/Technology/Turkey-revokes-YouTube-ban/2007/03/10/1173167025391.html|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|accessdate=March 9, 2007|website=The Age}}</ref> | ||
=== Thailand === | === Thailand === | ||
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=== Morocco === | === Morocco === | ||
On May 25, 2007 the state-owned company Maroc Telecom blocked all access to YouTube.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/05/26/morocco-blocks-access-to-youtube/ |title=''Morocco blocks access to YouTube'' |accessdate=May 27, 2007 |work=globalvoicesonline.org }}</ref> There were no reasons given why YouTube was blocked. But the guesses are that it might have something to do with some pro-separatist group Polisario clips (Polisario is the Western Sahara independence movement) or because of some videos that criticized King Mohammed VI. This block did not concern the other two private internet-providers, Wana and Meditel. YouTube became accessible again on May 30, 2007 after ''Maroc Telecom'' unofficially announced that the denied access to the website was only a "technical glitch".<ref>{{cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=''YouTube again accessible via Maroc Telecom''|url=http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=22322|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070601160245/http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=22322|archive-date=June 1, 2007|accessdate=May 30, 2007|work=rsf.org|dead-url=}}</ref> | On May 25, 2007, the state-owned company Maroc Telecom blocked all access to YouTube.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/05/26/morocco-blocks-access-to-youtube/ |title=''Morocco blocks access to YouTube'' |accessdate=May 27, 2007 |work=globalvoicesonline.org }}</ref> There were no reasons given why YouTube was blocked. But the guesses are that it might have something to do with some pro-separatist group Polisario clips (Polisario is the Western Sahara independence movement) or because of some videos that criticized King Mohammed VI. This block did not concern the other two private internet-providers, Wana and Meditel. YouTube became accessible again on May 30, 2007, after ''Maroc Telecom'' unofficially announced that the denied access to the website was only a "technical glitch".<ref>{{cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=''YouTube again accessible via Maroc Telecom''|url=http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=22322|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070601160245/http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=22322|archive-date=June 1, 2007|accessdate=May 30, 2007|work=rsf.org|dead-url=}}</ref> | ||
=== Australia === | === Australia === | ||