Archive for tag: YouTube

Viral Rant Seriously Damages Student’s Online Reputation

March 18, 2011 at 2:49 pm   0 comments
Last week UCLA undergrad Alexandra Wallace posted a rude and inappropriate video on YouTube that immediately went viral. Similar to Karen Owen's "Sex Thesis," this is another college student who never learned that posting something on the Internet not only stays there but can also cause serious damage to one's reputation, both on- and offline. In the video,….read more

Study Reveals a Disturbing Trend on YouTube

February 24, 2011 at 9:02 am   1 comment
Big news this week revealed the results of a study recently published in the Official Journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics. Concerned parents everywhere learned that not only are there thousands of videos on YouTube depicting youths engaged in self-injury and self-mutilation, but also that there are very few restrictions on who can access any one of….read more

YouTube Prank Gone Wrong

February 23, 2011 at 9:54 am   0 comments
With everything from funny articles to clever songs to embarrassing videos posted online these days, many people dream of "going viral." But after posting a YouTube video as a silly prank last week, 21-year-old Evan Emory of Ravenna, MI was arrested and charged with "manufacturing child sexual abusive material." The video shows Emory singing a vulgar and inappropriate….read more
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