1. “YouTube has no ethics, it's been created for the sole purpose of entertainment and money.” Do you agree?

To start off, I define having ethnics as having moral principle, so by suggesting that YouTube has no ethnics, my stand would be an absolute no.

YouTube was founded in 2005, by Steven Chen, Chad Hurley and Jawed Karim. Its purpose was to enable individuals worldwide to broadcast themselves. True enough, it lived up to its name and is now one of the fastest-growing Web sites in the history of the Internet. Being ranked among the top-five-most-popular Web sites in the world, the popularity YouTube earns comes with a price.

It began with ‘simple and pure’ videos, with users uploading videos about their hilarious bloopers. However, as time passes, these users seem to be manipulating this privilege they were given and start to upload video with controversial contents. One recent example would be that of a 44-second film showing graffiti over Thailand’s king's face. Somehow I wonder, have these users thought wisely before broadcasting their videos to the entire universe? Have they thought about the consequences after revealing a video with such disputable images? Therefore, to say YouTube has no ethnics is not true as to come to such a conclusion; one must consider the conduct of YouTube users. Sadly, they have violated their given rights and have brought bad name to YouTube’s reputation. To put it bluntly, they were reckless in their actions. If they have stopped and think twice before clicking the ‘publish’ button, then perhaps, the current perception of YouTube will not be so harsh.

Secondly, by saying the sole purpose of creating YouTube is for entertainment and money, this statement seems to be inevitably true. It is now an alternative source for entertainment for online users. In fact, it is like an online television now! As for money, the usual saying goes, ‘Money make the world go around’ so I suppose in the world of technology, the saying still applies. Except, one must note that YouTube is not a money making company but one which is paid because of the certain advertisements posted by its users. They earned money through channels like these.

Therefore, I conclude that YouTube is neither an unethical nor profitable company, but one which has been created to bring entertainment to online users like you and me.