Israel Meets With Google and YouTube To Discuss Censoring Videos (middleeastmonitor.com)

An anonymous reader writes: Various sources report Israel's Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Tzipi Hotovely meeting with representatives of Google and YouTube to discuss censoring Palestinian videos believed to incite violence. Original aricle (in Hebrew) from Maariv The open question is how Google and Youtube will define "inciting violence." Currently, all foreign journalists in the Palestinian territories are required to register with the Israeli military, and all footage must be approved through the Israeli Military Censor's office before being released. However, according to the article in alternet individual Palestinians have been uploading videos showing violence by Israeli soldiers, including execution-style killings, and highlighting the living conditions in the territories, which Israeli authorities consider inflammatory.

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Re:All Israel would need to do is reference TOS?

[Anonymous Coward]

Why don't they just use Tor to get Uber drivers to hook up some 3D printers to an Arduino they purchased with Bitcoins to create drones that deliver underpaid H1B female STEM workers.

Re:Yassar Is Rolling In His Grave!

[Anonymous Coward]

as long as the students at these colleges in the states today dont get to decide whats offensive we should be good

Watch it buddy, I'm already 72% triggered according to my smart watch app. So glad I connected these 3d printed jazz hands to the IoT, please remotely activate them for me to signify that you're checking your privilege.