As of 2015 all music videos will be rated by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC). These rating will stop underage viewers from accessing the content, however the UK is the only nation putting this into effect. The first video to be rated 18 was Dizzee Rascal's "Couple of Stacks" due to its hard and gory nature. The videos can be viewed on YouTube but users must create an account and be 18 or over to watch. The main issue with this is the fact that anyone of any age, with some form of computer literacy, can either make a new account to appear older or simply edit their age of their current account to 18+ so they can still watch the blocked videos. The BBFC state that an 18 must contain some of these features: strong language, discriminatory terms, sexual reference, strong or bloody violence, drugs or dangerous behaviour.
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