As it turns out, there is a special association of ‘YouTube hackers’ in the world, whose goal is to fill the platform with as many pornographic videos as possible, and they have succeeded.
Currently, YouTube has removed most of the videos, but there is a possibility that some videos are still available on the platform because it is not possible to easily identify and delete them. The information about this feature and the YouTube error was obtained from a Discord group created specifically for those interested in uploading pornographic videos.
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Of course, all major social networks prohibit posting this type of material on their services; however, it is possible to find various detours. In the case of YouTube, a loophole with video tags (English tags) has been used. Technically, by using various special characters, it is possible to make YouTube think that the video has neither the title, nor the channel, nor any other identifying elements, so it is impossible to identify them, but it can be loaded.
After this fact reached the social networks, YouTube managed to delete a large number of videos; however, it is known that the platform does not have a concrete solution to find all videos. The most realistic solution is to simply send the address of a specific video to YouTube to have it deleted. Therefore, it can be considered that the hackers succeeded in achieving their goal. Of course, pornographic content can also be viewed on other platforms.