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YouTube Is Full of Easy-To-Find Neo-Nazi Propaganda (vice.com)
An anonymous reader quotes an exclusive report from Motherboard: Through a software-aided investigation, Motherboard has found that while YouTube has managed to clamp down on Islamic extremists uploading propaganda, the video giant is still awash with videos supporting violent and established neo-Nazi organizations, even when, in some cases, users have reported the offending videos. Clips of neo-Nazi propaganda operations, hate-filled speeches, and extremists pushing for direct action have remained on the site for weeks, months, or years at a time. Arguably, many if not all of these videos may fall under YouTube's own policy on hate speech, which "refers to content that promotes violence against or has the primary purpose of inciting hatred against individuals or groups based on certain attributes," including race or ethnic origin, religion, and sexual orientation, according to the policy.
Motherboard built a tool to monitor YouTube and make a record of when the platform removed certain videos, and limited the clips to propaganda for established neo-Nazi and far-right terrorist organizations like Atomwaffen, rather than people in the so-called "alt-right." Most of the videos were discovered through simple YouTube searches of relevant organizations' names, or sometimes through the "recommended videos" sidebar after Motherboard had built up a browsing history of neo-Nazi material. For the sake of comparison, over a week-long period Motherboard also tracked pro-ISIS videos uploaded by the group's supporters and then distributed through a network of Telegram channels. Typically, YouTube removed these Islamic extremism videos in a matter of hours, including those that did not contain images of violence, but were instead speeches or other not directly violent content. But YouTube is playing catch up with neo-Nazi material. YouTube removed only two videos that Motherboard was monitoring: two identical clips of a speech from UK terrorist organization National Action.
Motherboard built a tool to monitor YouTube and make a record of when the platform removed certain videos, and limited the clips to propaganda for established neo-Nazi and far-right terrorist organizations like Atomwaffen, rather than people in the so-called "alt-right." Most of the videos were discovered through simple YouTube searches of relevant organizations' names, or sometimes through the "recommended videos" sidebar after Motherboard had built up a browsing history of neo-Nazi material. For the sake of comparison, over a week-long period Motherboard also tracked pro-ISIS videos uploaded by the group's supporters and then distributed through a network of Telegram channels. Typically, YouTube removed these Islamic extremism videos in a matter of hours, including those that did not contain images of violence, but were instead speeches or other not directly violent content. But YouTube is playing catch up with neo-Nazi material. YouTube removed only two videos that Motherboard was monitoring: two identical clips of a speech from UK terrorist organization National Action.
No mention of all the communist propaganda on youtube because as we know the only people who are bad are nazis and communists are good because they call themselves anti-fascists right?
Thanks to you two and your progressive liberal daily propaganda, this site has turned to shit and isn't worth reading anymore. F you.
are the neo-communists.
Let's not worry about them however, they're only responsible for some significantly larger factor or deaths and poverty.
.. you know.. wag the Nazi to justify the existence of the State of Israel and their ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from their land, wholesale slaughter of civilians, crimes against humanity, destruction of their homes and crops?
What about all the videos on how to beat your wife in accordance with Islam?
What about the videos from Antifa?
What about the pro-Palestinian videos?
What about the feminist who regularly says "Kill all white men"?
Youtube is busy banning anything right of center, while leaving up all kinds of egregious left wing hate.
So, basically, you're a neo-nazi/white supremacist/right-wing-militant/neo-fascist/racist sympathizer? Or perhaps one or all of the above, actively? Are you a Dominionist, too? Better be careful what you say these days, or that's the sort of attention you're going to attract, whether you are these things or not.
If someone has a swastika tattooed on their skin, they're a neo-nazi. If they talk about how Hitler and Mussolini were great men, then it's extremely likely they're neo-nazis. If they talk about how blacks are all n-i-g-g-e-r-s and how Jews and Latinos (and anyone who isn't aryan, basically) are all scum and should be exterminated, then they're very likely neo-nazis (or at the very least they're violently racist and bigoted). If they look like a duck and quack like a duck, then it's HIGHLY LIKELY that they are a duck! Fact of the matter is, a huge swath of these type of people voted for Trump, because he's very much a nationalist, is obviously sexist, arguably racist, and is trying, along with his Dominionist GOP buddies, to drag the United States back into the 1940's socio-politically speaking. If you think the half of the country that didn't vote for, and don't support Trump, are going to sit idly by and watch the last 100 years of social progress be erased, then I've got to say you're not living in the real world.
The one thing Trump has done, unwittingly, is bring all the racists/bigots/neo-nazis/white supremacists/etc out into the light; at least we know who they are now and where they are, so they can be dealt with.
All you've done with your knee-jerk of a comment is prove to me that you read exactly what you wanted to read, instead of reading what was actually written, because the intent of it was completely lost on you. Or are you a neo-conservative and have an axe to grind, perhaps? I suggest you calm yourself down and go read what I wrote again. Every word this time, please.
Oh and whoever it is that's modding me as 'troll' is, very likely, a butt-hurt Trump supporter, who now has Buyers' Remorse over their vote. Don't feel too bad, really, it's not like there was even one candidate in the entire election that was worth anyones vote, they all sucked.
You know I might consider taking you seriously if you'd put your name to your big words instead of hiding behind Anonymous Coward. As-is you're just a random angry dude spoiling for a fight. Try channeling some of that adrenaline into doing something positive and constructive instead of just re-inforcing the negative opinions of the actual racists in this country.
Oh lookie, another angry voter with moderator points decided I'm a troll. What we really need is a moderation adjective of "Uncomfortable Truth", since "Troll" is clearly inappropriate.
The Nazi sympathizers include the president of the united states and members of his cabinet that is enough.
once more into the breach