What happened to this woman was horrible!!! I don't want to blame the victim but how is it o.k. to open up a bottle of champagne for a 14 & 16 year old? How old were the two girls who were with them? How did they spike the drink? Did she leave it alone with them? Be smart!

Mary, London,

They should jail them for doing such a crime, and put them in the Armley Prison where they will definatly learn not to do such a descriputal thing like rape. I myself have heard many different views from Armley convicts especailly about rapists.

jonny, Bradford, England

It is preposterous for YouTube to be held responsible for what other people upload to their website - especially since the site clearly states its rules for the type of material that is allowed. Once the video was reported, it was summarily removed from the website - it should therefore be forgotten as far as YouTube is concerned. In this day & age we cannot always shield everyone from viewing violent behavior. One should feel at least a bit gratified that it was removed at all. While it is a tragedy what the woman in the video was subjected to, it is nonetheless irrelevant to the debate about whether or not the site should be shut down. The real issue is the fact that every time truth about the apparent violent nature of many humans is witnessed by anyone, the first thing people/parents do is eliminate it, thereby perpetuating further ignorance and destroying any chance of enlightening people/children as to what is happening in their world, and how to change it for the better.

Keegan, Janesville, WI

You Tube is responsible for all content on the You Tube site, the same as any other site. The source of the content and how it is uploaded to the site is irrelevant. They develop, host , own, and profit from it. If the content itself breaks any applicable law, then You Tube is most certainly culpable. They do not get a free pass because You Tube is on the Internet. Napster already tried that.

matt, warrington,

These incidents are usually used to call for Internet Censorship. Unfortunately it's not unfeasible to censor the Internet, it's just going to totally ruin it. YouTube would nolonger be a portal to freedom but just another branch of Robert Maxwell.

If Internet censorship is the plan then the police will do all they can to make sure they don't prosecute anyone for this crime. The video evidence which got YouTube into trouble will not be enough to get the perpetrators into trouble. The authorities will be wanting more of this sort of thing, so they can shut these sites down.

Wayland, Braintree, UK

Some people are saying if YouTube can't 100% moderate all content before it goes up then it should be shut down. Of course there will be another YouTube clone but the same rule would apply. The same applies basically to the whole Internet. Except who are the censors and who are the content creators? Who censors the censors? The idea of censoring the whole Internet looks to be a popular idea. You maybe interested to know that YouTube contains hundreds of videos of allied soldiers torturing dogs and handgrenading shepards etc etc. If these get censored then what happens to the truth of this? Go on bury your head and not see any bad stuff.

Wayland Sothcott, Braintree, UK

But if the sex had been willing, then she would be charged with child molestation... Such a skinny, shaky line we walk with our laws that can destroy someone's life.

Mike, Michigan, USA

leon, did the mother realise what had happened to her before she saw the clip in youtube? and why hadn't she gone straight to the police? was it only the fact that the incident became public that prompted her?

jem, london, uk

If feel I must correct some commentors - Youtube is moderated.

You can visit sites on the internet showing far worse and to say that they must moderate content in the way described by some people here is akin to allowing a chalk-board to be used to post messages and then getting upset when people draw rude pictures on it after you gave them the chalk.

The internet is that chalk board and we all have chalk given to us by companies the world over.

The real issue here is that a violent sex crime happened and it was videoed, supossedly for the gratification of the people who comitted the crime.

I would suggest that as Youtube promptly took down the video once they became aware that they did their bit.

The people who put it up there should be locked up for life as they clearly do not have value for it.

If you want to remove access to the internet for some people then there needs to be a working solution that retains access for the lawfully minded.

Robert McGregor, Reading, UK

Am I missing something here? I think this whole situation is tragic - the fact that KIDS the age of 14 and 16 are raping a mother of two young children is horrible - where are their parents? But equally - why was a mother of two young children giving champagne to 14 and 16 year olds? She certainly did not deserve this in any way whatsoever - it's a shame we live in a world where humans do this to one another - but at some point we have to start taking responsibility for our actions and our children rather than blaming websites.

I hope the perpetrators are prosecuted and the victim and her family can put this horrible incident behind them.

A, London,

That is absolutely disgusting, YouTube is very popular with very young kids, some as young as 6-7?. To think that they may have watched this? YouTube should be sued. Not only does it have violent videos, some of it's comments are extremely racist and rude. It's free speech gone wild.

I say boycott it until they have moderation.

(most of the stuff on there is garbage anyway)

jayil, london, uk

disgusting thats all i can say..disgusting

l.a, Staffs,

Can the mobile that uploaded the film not be identified? Then the uploader could be prosecuted.

Better still, just close down You Tube and all its ilk. If China can police the Internet, why can't the west? (answer, because it doesn't want to....it would rather broadcast gang rape....)

janescott, London, UK

The answer is quite simple - YouTube should view every video BEFORE it is allowed on to the site. The woman should also sue them.

Andrew brown, derby, UK