Australia: Assault Spurs School YouTube Ban

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An Australian state has banned the online video Web site YouTube from government schools in a crackdown on cyber-bullying, a minister said Thursday.

Victoria, Australia's second most populous state, banned the popular video-sharing site from its 1,600 government schools after a gang of male school students videotaped their assault on a 17-year-old girl on the outskirts of Melbourne.

The assault, which is being investigated by police, was uploaded on YouTube late last year.

Australia: Assault Spurs School YouTube Ban [cnn.com]

[martinibuster]

Makes me wonder, must we wait until a body turns up before YouTube [youtube.com] and Google Video [video.google.com] ban happy slap videos?

That's entertainment [youtube.com], right...

[M_Bison]

There's an article in The Australian about this. Apparently it's not just Victoria, but now it seems education departments in all states except Tasmania have banned YouTube.

What's next? google.com.au?

I'm sure you could search for a lot more vulgar stuff with a simple Google search.