Google Reveals "Terrorism Video" Removals

jones_supa writes "Google has revealed it removed about 640 videos from YouTube that allegedly promoted terrorism over the second half of 2011 after complaints from the UK's Association of Chief Police Officers. The news was contained in its latest Transparency Report which discloses requests by international authorities to remove or hand over material. YouTube had also rejected many other state's requests for action. Overall, Google summed it had received 461 court orders covering a total of 6,989 items between July and December 2011. From those, it said 68% of the orders were complied with. Google added that it had received a further 546 informal requests covering 4,925 items, of which it had agreed to 43% of the cases."

Comments

That'll solve the problem!

[Rik Sweeney]

640 removals should be enough for anybody!

Re:Censorship, much?

[DNS-and-BIND]

Nope, wrong! AQ started because the US left some troops in Saudi Arabia to garrison the place after liberating Kuwait. This was an affront in the eyes of the True Believers, as Saudi Arabia is the home of Mecca. They got outraged, and we all know what happens when Islamists get angry. Nice try on the leftist angle, though - shows you're thinking about your own worldview and not the views of other cultures.