Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Promotes Terrorism? YouTube Is Letting Users Decide On Terrorism-Related Videos

Los Angeles Times:

Nudity. Sexual activity. Animal abuse. All are reasons YouTube users can flag a video for removal from the website. Add a new category: promotes terrorism.

YouTube and its parent company, Google, have been criticized by lawmakers for refusing to prescreen militant speeches and propaganda videos that have been cited in more than a dozen terrorism investigations over the last five years.

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