CYBERSPACE – Promoting adult content on YouTube doesn’t always work out as planned, even when the content your post is nothing more than a sexy woman in a bikini blowing up balloons. Adult performer Britney Brooks found that out the hard way when she was banned from YouTube.com recently, along with adult mobile provider Mobihun.com.“I tried to do something for Mobihun that was fun and silly so that it could not be banned,” explained Britney Brooks, star of the BritneyAtHome.com adult website. “All I did was sit in a bikini and blow up balloons. At the end I say, ‘Go check out Mobihun.com.’ I was shocked when it got over 50,000 views in less than a day. I am really kind of bummed the video was banned because the exposure was great. I guess YouTube does not like porn stars in bikinis blowing anything.”
The video of Ms. Brooks blowing up balloons was four minutes in length, and representatives from Mobihun.com say it was the 3rd most watched video in Holland for the day it was released. When the video was removed, the entire Mobihun channel went with it, including a video of Sabrina Deep licking an ice cream cone.
Representatives from Mobihun.com say they did nothing that isn’t done all the time on YouTube.com.
“Lots of adult providers use YouTube for promotion,” reads statement from a Mobihun.com press release. “We tried something different — videos of adult stars doing unconventional things. We had a popular video of Sabrina Deep for instance licking an ice cream that had over 17,000 views. The Britney Brooks video went off the charts though with more than 50,000 views in less than a day.”
The company goes on to guess that the popularity of the video cemented its fate.
“The ban was for a supposed ‘Terms of Use Violation.’ YouTube has all kinds of blatantly suggestive sexual videos and references to adult sites all over it. We think they only banned us because Britney Brooks’ video showed up in YouTube’s top lists of most watched channels and videos for the day and week. There are all kinds of videos on YouTube of girls blowing up balloons – banning a porn star for doing the same thing is absurd.”
The YouTube.com guidelines for video submissions state that pornography is definitely out, but are vague about content that is merely suggestive.
“YouTube is not for pornography or sexually explicit content. If this describes your video, even if it’s a video of yourself, don’t post it on YouTube.” The site goes on to advise the following about sexual content in general: “Generally if a video is intended to be sexually provocative, it is less likely to be acceptable for YouTube. There are exceptions for some educational, documentary and scientific content, but only if that is the sole purpose of the video and it is not gratuitously graphic. For example, a documentary on breast cancer would be appropriate, but posting clips out of context from the documentary might not be.”
YouTube.com could not be reached for comment.
