I hope that you'll be cautious with the amounts of possible flags? More choices makes the decision to vote harder, possibly reducing the number of votes, which is not what you want.
The author thought to replicate Youtube for a specific audience. First with his own content, that didn't work too well. Luckily enough, Youtube created an API to get specific content.
So now the author had the same business model as Youtube, except aimed at a specific part of their audience, and he was using their content, not paying them a dime, and wants to make money off it.
What does a stupid parent trying to adopt a puppy have to do with parking kids in front of a computer screen?
Like the story you linked to said, leaving a dog alone with a three year old is dangerous. There is no real danger in looking at videos with your kid (or letting them watch it themseles).
Virgin America only flies domestic. Most of these restrictions will apply to the international flights to the US. (I guess the US doesn't really care about what happens outside, as long as everything coming in is checked)
Nocturnal hunting animals have much more reflections in their eyes than humans. Try photographing cats, they can produce the same kind of luminance in the eyes.