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YouTube LLC is a website used for video streaming (using Adobe Flash Video), where users can upload videos to the website and into the public domain, where they can be viewed by anyone who has sufficient internet access to visit the website. Founded in 2005 by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley and Jawed Karim, the company is currently based in San Bruno, California, USA. In November 2006, YouTube LLC was bought by Google Inc. for $1.65 billion, and currently serves as a Google subsidiary. YouTube has various rules regarding published content with regards to copyright infringement, and adult material. Copyrighted material is banned, as is pornography and other offensive content. Some mature-audience material is allowed however, but viewers must first affirm that they are 18 or older before being able to view the video.

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  • Facts
  • Due to the large amount of videos constantly being uploaded to the website, YouTube runs a ‘Flag if inappropriate’ policy on videos instead of reviewing each video before it can be published
  • On April 23rd 2005, the first ever YouTube video was published. Entitled ‘Me at the zoo’, the video was published by YouTube founder Jawed Karim at the San Diego Zoo
  • YouTube is ranked third most visited website by Alexa Internet – a web information company
  • YouTube is blocked (and has been since its creation) in China, Morocco, and Thailand and has been blocked in Iran and Pakistan for political and religious reasons
  • The most viewed video on YouTube is the ‘Evolution of Dance’ video by Judson Laipply, with around 122 million views (as of July 6 2009)
  • YouTube is available in 14 different languages, or 22 if variations of these languages are to be accounted for

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