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YouTube Bans Terrorist Training Videos

Virtual_Raider sends in an Australian news story that begins "Terrorist training videos will be banned from appearing on YouTube, under revised new guidelines being implemented by the popular video-sharing site. The Google-owned portal will ban footage that advertises terrorism or extremist causes and supporters of the change hope it will blunt al-Qaeda's strong media online campaign. The move comes after pressure... from Connecticut Senator Joseph Lieberman... [T]he new YouTube guidelines includes bans on videos that incite others to commit violent acts, videos on how to make bombs, and footage of sniper attacks."

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  1. Re:And... by dkleinsc · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Enemies of the Republican Party?
    Enemies of Richard Nixon?

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  2. Re:Who makes the determination of "extremist"? by DaveV1.0 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I'm sure the government thinks he's an extremist

    And I am sure you are idiot who is just talking out of his ass. Does he advocate violence or the violent overthrow of the government? Does advocate blowing up checkpoints and/or shooting the officers at the location? I didn't think so, so he is not an extremist.

    He is, however, an dumbass who doesn't know the law or that the checkpoints have been deemed constitutional by the Supreme Court. So, the government might rightly consider him a whacko, I seriously doubt they would consider him an extremist unless he were advocating violence.

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  3. Re:Hey, Libertarians! by j_166 · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Yeah, China is the destination for people whose opinions about political systems differ from yours. Go back to Russia, intolerance-tard.

  4. Re:Don't Worry, Israeli Terrorism Is Still Fine by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    But Israel, being a nation that is widely respected amongst those in the developed world, does not engage in terrorism. They do not target civilians nor do they seek to scare a population. Their attacks are only aimed at destroying the ability for their enemies to make war against them.

  5. Re:The Children!! by samsonov · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Can they now ban any Lieberman videos? The guy sounds like a pompous wind bag any time he's on TV.

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