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Following a crackdown on mukbang YouTubers in South Korea, calls are growing in Japan too for tighter regulation of “big-eating” (ōgui) videos on YouTube. The backlash has repeatedly flared up over loud chewing noises and suspicions that some creators purge immediately after eating huge quantities. On 5channel, opinions split sharply between “just don’t watch it if you don’t like it” and “with food prices rising and people struggling, content built around wasting huge amounts of food shouldn’t be allowed” — leaving no consensus on whether mukbang videos are acceptable at all.
Support Grows in Japan for Stricter Regulation of YouTube “Mukbang” Videos — Viewers Worn Out by Repeated Uproars Over “Loud Chewing” and “Purging” Suspicions
“Mukbang” (big-eating) is one of the most popular genres of content on YouTube. Loved by creators ranging from self-proclaimed big eaters to major YouTubers, the format itself may now be facing restrictions.
The trigger was a series of developments surrounding mukbang YouTubers in South Korea.
Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Read the original article here
What people said
I don't like mukbang so I'm not exactly sympathetic, but
something about the order of what gets regulated first feels off
there's way worse stuff out there than this
Gal Sone's gotten too heavy lately, kind of a letdown
wasn't her whole selling point that she stays thin despite eating so much?
You don't even need to wait for it to get banned — just don't watch it.
Is there really any other take?
Dissolved from the habit of vomiting
It's not even broadcast TV, what are you even talking about? lol
Seriously, every excuse from the people complaining makes zero sense
You're pretty kind, huh
The real problem is stuff like skinny people doing speed-eating time attacks, or those twins who binge eat despite clearly struggling mentally.
Enjoying one big plate of food is fine, but plowing through plate after plate isn't necessary.
"Just don't watch it" doesn't cut it.
All these mukbang gimmicks happening constantly drive food prices up.
Don't forget there are poor people out there who can't even eat enough.
The problem is that once monetization gets cut, those kids or dogs instantly become 'useless burdens' to the people involved, and you'd see a wave of them getting killed or abandoned.
That outcome is even worse than the abuse itself, so this needs to be handled carefully.
First you'd need to line up places to take in the kids and dogs who are no longer 'useful' for videos.
content built around wastefully dumping huge amounts of food shouldn't be allowed.
But that's a drop in the bucket, honestly
AI content especially — I don't need it.
Let us set it so AI stuff doesn't get shown at all, across the board.
But then you wouldn't be able to watch AI dramas either
Well, I do want AI videos that don't label themselves as AI to get banned —
it ties into people believing lies and even politics, and I think there'll be people who copy something thinking it's real and end up dying in an emergency.
Re: #66
I don't want to lose the ability to watch INMU KING
What do you mean?
Are there actual numbers backing that up?
Well, the number of people doing this while eating out at restaurants is relatively tiny anyway
Are you forcing yourself through some self-inflicted torture of watching it?
And then complaining on top of that?
Yeah, pretty much
Background and Key Points of This Debate
Discussion around mukbang-style videos has picked up because South Korea has already moved to restrict or demonetize this kind of content, raising the question of whether Japanese creators and YouTube itself will follow suit. The thread’s disagreement broke down into roughly two axes: first, a clash between the “personal responsibility” camp — arguing viewers can simply choose not to watch — and those supporting regulation out of concern over food waste and rising prices; second, where exactly the line should be drawn on mukbang content, with some singling out speed-eating time attacks or performers who appear to be binge eating under psychological strain as the real problem, while others saw nothing wrong with big-portion eating content itself. It’s also worth noting that the specifics of South Korea’s regulatory framework and its scope were only touched on briefly in the source article, and the thread itself never pinned down any concrete criteria.
※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5channel (Geinou/Sports News+) thread “YouTube: Support Grows in Japan for Stricter Regulation of ‘Mukbang’ Videos — Viewers Worn Out by Repeated Uproars Over ‘Loud Chewing’ and ‘Purging’ Suspicions.”
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