Today I was standing on the train platform at Wynyard.

I looked up, and saw an interesting billboard advertisement. YouTube was advertising that it will be streaming the Indian Premier League (IPL) matches live. This was the first I’d heard of this initiative, although I’ve since discovered it’s been reported extensively online.

When I got back to the office, I looked up the website that was promoted on the billboard. The top of the page was fine, and it looks like this:

However, when I scrolled down the page, comments had been enabled and four of the seven profile pictures were explicit – soft-core pornography.

It’s outrageous – a website that is being heavily promoted in public areas (and on the YouTube website) and is accessible to all (and of interest to many, especially younger boys) – is displaying soft-core pornography.

YouTube and the IPL – turn the comments off, or get a competent moderator in to ensure that these comments (and their profile pics) never see the light of day. This is poor form to allow such a high profile site to be managed so poorly.

I’m also very sick of pornographers infiltrating every aspect of our lives. Come Lord Jesus.