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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. The guidelines by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Directly from youtube's guidelines:

    # Don't post videos showing bad stuff like animal abuse, drug abuse, or bomb making.
    # Graphic or gratuitous violence is not allowed. If your video shows someone getting hurt, attacked, or humiliated, don't post it.
    # YouTube is not a shock site. Don't post gross-out videos of accidents, dead bodies and similar things.

    http://www.youtube.com/t/community_guidelines

    Free speech hypocrites

  2. Re:Hypocritical? by TheSpoom · · Score: 5, Informative

    The DMCA (or specifically, DMCA Title II, OCILLA) legally requires them to take down the material when a copyright claim is put forward, such as the ones the Church of Scientology / RTC sends, in order to avoid any legal liability due to the safe harbor provisions in the law. The person who then posted the video can send a counter-notice to YouTube to get them to put the video back up; it's then a matter for the courts to decide (and if the person claiming infringement does go to the courts, the material stays down until they have ruled on the matter).

    IANAL, this is not legal advice, this is just how I understand it. You can't blame YouTube for wanting to keep their service provider safe harbor limited liability; otherwise, they'd be sued out of existence every time someone posted a music video.

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  3. Re:you fool by _KiTA_ · · Score: 5, Informative

    it doesnt happen with 'coup'. it happens with 'boarding schools' which take in children of ages 7 to 18. they run these 'charities' for children who cant afford a good education. they brainwash kids there. also they tell their supporters to multiply like madmen. results are phenomenonal. Religious boarding schools... Huh. You mean, something like this?

    You're right, Theists are SCARY.
  4. Re:Tarrists! by WindowlessView · · Score: 5, Informative

    There isn't a corporation in the US that's a match against the power of the federal government.

    True but they are getting closer.

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