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YouTube Refuses To Remove Terrorist Videos

Posted by kdawson on from the how-the-interwebs-work dept.

hhavensteincw writes "YouTube has declined a request from Sen. Joe Lieberman remove videos from terrorist organizations. Lieberman said that the videos made by groups like Al-Qaeda show assassinations, attacks on US soldiers leading to injuries and death, and weapons training, 'incendiary' speeches, and other material intended to 'encourage violence against the West.' YouTube said that while it removed some of the videos highlighted by the Senator, most were allowed to stay because they did not violate YouTube's community guidelines. YouTube went on to note that they are strong supporters of free speech."

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  1. Tarrists! by Bovius · · Score: 5, Funny

    Google is clearly acting in support of terrorism and is therefore itself a terrorist organization. We need to drop some injunction on that.

    1. Re:Tarrists! by chubs730 · · Score: 5, Funny

      I'd support that if I didn't hate you so much. ~

    2. Re:Tarrists! by commodoresloat · · Score: 5, Funny

      Brilliant my man! I'm sure this radical new shift in punctuation will catch on like wildfire, and we'll see this in usage manuals within the next couple of years. ~

    3. Re:Tarrists! by geekoid · · Score: 4, Funny

      Thank you~

      --
      The Kruger Dunning explains most post on /. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect
    4. Re:Tarrists! by Sancho · · Score: 4, Funny

      That's an awesome idea~

  2. Re:Hypocritical? by omnichad · · Score: 5, Funny

    Are you surprised? They're the one group more messed up than the terrorist organizations.

  3. Re:Good by PLBogen · · Score: 5, Funny

    Kudos for calling a Jew a Nazi.

    Not that I disagree. ;-)

  4. Easy. by zx-15 · · Score: 5, Funny

    The US government should patent terrorism and then Liberman could sue YouTube for copyright infringement. Google would take down the videos immediately.

  5. Re:That's the world we live in by Minwee · · Score: 5, Funny

    Every time you masturbate God kills a kitten

    But what does God do when I kill a kitten?