Google lifts restrictions on YouTube from showing Swaziland's reed dance which features bare-breasted women

Google has lifted restrictions on YouTube from showing Swaziland's famous reed dance which features bare-breasted women. A representative from Google was quoted saying that they decided to remove the restriction on the videos because "it was not its policy to restrict nudity in such instances where it is culturally or traditionally appropriate".

The move was in response to a campaign led by Lazi Dlamini, the head of TV Yabantu, an online video production company which produces content that “protects, preserves and restores African values”.

Its YouTube channel which launched in 2016 had been adding 3,000-4,000 new subscribers every month until the platform started to flag its content as inappropriate. It also put a label on the channel advising advertisers that its content was “not suitable for most advertisers”.

According to Mr Dlamini, he had contacted Google to say that he was simply reflecting the cultural values of his community but the company said that the content violated the platform’s standards. He then organised a series of protests, working with more than 200 cultural groupings from Swaziland. It included at least a dozen women who posed bare-breasted with placards that read “Google are racist” and “my breasts are not inappropriate”.

Comments

Mary J Blige steps out with her new man to a red carpet event (photos)

Mary J Blige, 46, has been dating 'Straight Outta Compton' actor, Jason Mitchell, 30, since January 2017. Jason played Eazy-E in the 2015 biopic. The couple attended the premiere of the movie Mudbound, on October 12th, which Jason stars in.

OMG!! WATCH ZODWA WABANTU SWIMS NAKED

Entertainer Zodwa Wabantu has proven once again that she lives life on her terms and doesn't not give a damn about peoples' opinions of her. The dancer who has made headlines over the last few months for risque dressing and lack of underwear, took things to a whole new level while on vacation recently. She decided to beat the spring heat by cooling off butt naked in a swimming pool. "Freedom is knowing kuyafana (all the same) Do you. Don't suffer from bazothini abantu (what will people say) Naked pool. Naked truth. Zodwa Wabantu" she wrote. And, just in case you doubted Zodwa has zero F's to give, here's a video just for you:

Meet Ksenia Sobchak: The pretty reality TV star that wants to replace Vladimir Putin as Russian President

Pretty Ksenia Sobchak is popular a socialite and reality TV star who intends to replace Vladimir Putin as Russian President during the March 2018 presidential election. She's described in the media as Russia's Paris Hilton, and wrote a book titled "How to Marry a Millionaire". In an interview with CNN's Christine Amanpour she said that starting with participating in massive opposition protests in 2011 and 2012 her "fight against the regime" gained legitimacy. The 36-year old star is also the daughter of Vladimir Putin's political mentor. In September 2017, Vladimir Putin spoke on Sobchak's presidential intentions at a press conference saying, 'every person has the right to nominate himself in accordance with the law. And Ksenia Sobchak is not an exception here. I respect her father Anatoly Sobchak, I believe that he was an outstanding figure in contemporary Russian history. I'm saying this without a trace ...

The Rich9jablog

Search This Blog