The world's largest video sharing platform, YouTube, celebrates its 15th anniversary this year. Behind the idea of setting up such a platform for video sharing lies an unfortunate event that happened to a singer.
The incident that inspired the idea of establishing a platform for sharing videos was the appearance of an accidental nozzle of Janet Jackson, who gave a mini concert with singer Justin Timberlake in the halftime of the final of the US National American Football League in 2004.
As a result of Timberlake grabbing the upper part of Jackson's clothing towards the end of a song, Jackson's breast appeared and this event led to a huge outrage in the USA. While the Bush administration, which was in power at that time, reacted harshly to this incident, Jackson was also subjected to criticism of "immorality."
From all these discussions, the idea of YouTube was born.
Chad Hurley, 29, Steven Cehn, 28, and Jawed Karim, 25, were three technology-savvy friends working at PayPal. They started discussing what happened to Jackson while having dinner together one evening, and expressed how difficult it was to achieve a great controversial or intriguing image at that time when the concept of "viral" was not yet born.
The incident that inspired the idea of establishing a platform for sharing videos was the appearance of an accidental nozzle of Janet Jackson, who gave a mini concert with singer Justin Timberlake in the halftime of the final of the US National American Football League in 2004.
As a result of Timberlake grabbing the upper part of Jackson's clothing towards the end of a song, Jackson's breast appeared and this event led to a huge outrage in the USA. While the Bush administration, which was in power at that time, reacted harshly to this incident, Jackson was also subjected to criticism of "immorality."
From all these discussions, the idea of YouTube was born.
Chad Hurley, 29, Steven Cehn, 28, and Jawed Karim, 25, were three technology-savvy friends working at PayPal. They started discussing what happened to Jackson while having dinner together one evening, and expressed how difficult it was to achieve a great controversial or intriguing image at that time when the concept of "viral" was not yet born.
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