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UK Pressures the US To Takedown Extremist Videos
chrb writes "BBC News and the Telegraph are reporting that the British government has pressured the US government to take down privately hosted extremist web sites and videos, particularly on YouTube. The request follows the conviction of a 21-year-old woman who attempted to murder MP Stephen Timms after watching YouTube videos of radical American Muslim cleric Anwar al-Awlaki. YouTube hosts more than 5,000 videos featuring al-Awlaki, but has begun to remove them following the British government's complaints. The issue obviously raises First Amendment issues in the US, but Security minister Baroness Neville-Jones has said 'Those websites would categorically not be allowed in the UK. They incite cold-blooded murder and as such are surely contrary to the public good. If they were hosted in the UK then we would take them down but this is a global problem. Many of these websites are hosted in America and we look forward to working even more closely with you to take down this hateful material.'"
So they're already stopping the 24x7 broadcast of extremist videos.
Obligitory Mr. Mackey
"We are not the UK, mkay?"
Summation 2
"You said rape twice"
"I like rape"
That may be so, but the British govt are less likely to hijack a plane and fly it into a landmark.
Why can't we let people believe whatever they like? It's not like a little religion has ever hurt anyone.
I checked, and hatetube.com is apparently already taken. It's not really what I was expecting. So now, half an hour later, I thought I'd drop by here again just to let everyone know.
Free the Quark 3 from asymptotic confinement! Bring your charm! Don't get down! All colours and flavours welcome!
FUCK YOU for telling us how to manage "free speech". It's why we are Americans and not British.
Actually, I thought that was because you were better than us Brits at getting out of paying taxes.
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Well, apparently, since the only way to end this extremist imperialist inquisition is to remove the videos from *the entire Internet*. Only then will the British people be free to not watch them.
While being annoying and stupid he dose seem to have the ability to be useful though.
He is able to make the stupid point themselves out on a regular basis.
Why is it so hard to only have politicians for a few years, then have them go away?
While we will allow al-awlaki to say what he wants, we also have targeted him for assassination.
Eat a dick, cuntbag.
I might steal that for my sig, it has a certain...je ne sais quoi
To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it
We used gorillas in the Revolution? Awesome! I bet those Redcoats were just terrified of being attacked by giant apes.
"Quoting George Washington does not make a statement automatically true." - me