Prank leaves YouTube facing porn cleanup
A spokesman for the video-sharing Web site YouTube, based in California, says a prank has left the site with scores of pornographic videos.
The unidentified spokesman said hackers placed thousands of pornographic videos on the Web site by misleadingly tagging the adult videos with the names of popular musical acts, The Daily Telegraph (Britain) said Friday. Among the musical acts whose names were used in the online prank were Disney performers Hannah Montana and the Jonas Brothers.
"YouTube is a community site used by millions of people in very positive ways. Sadly as with any form of communication, there is a tiny minority of people who try to break the rules," the site's spokesman said, adding the offending videos were being removed.
