It is common to hear amateur cameramen yelling “World Star!” during or after a violent altercation later uploaded online, a testament to the site’s ever-increasing reach. ABC News reports that violent videos on the site, such as one that shows a young man being beaten on the L train in New York, have resulted in a least six criminal investigations since April 2011.īut some may question whether some acts are being committed with the website already in mind. The site has also prompted investigations in the U.S. “It’s been posted and it’s now going to be used as evidence.” “Certain sites are going to gain a reputation for certain type of content, which may be a contributing factor … The reasons why they post it on a certain site is not integral to the investigation. Police won’t speculate as to why the videos were uploaded to World Star Hip Hop, known as WSHH.
It is believed the incident happened outside the H&M at the Eaton Centre last winter. Toronto police are now investigating the urination video posted Tuesday, after being alerted to its existence online by the media. Three videos - a couple having sex on the TTC, a girl getting beaten up by at least three people on Yonge St., and a man apparently urinating on another outside the Eaton Centre - have garnered significant attention after being uploaded to the site. In recent months, it has also become synonymous with the ignominious side of Toronto.
(“McDonalds Scrap On New Years Day: Grown Woman Gets Dropped For Running Lip In Toronto!”) There are car videos, rap videos, video of fights on the subway and in McDonald’s, video of men getting shot in the testicles and cop videos, all crudely titled in a tabloid style that gives everything away. The U.S.-based website is a smorgasbord of both professionally produced and amateur videos showcasing music, sex, violence and everything in between. It started as a digital download site and has morphed into a place where the video of a “young thug” apparently urinating on the face of a homeless man garners almost 300,000 views in two days.
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