World sleeps safely as YouTube explodes bomb under video terrorists

By Davey Winder
Sunday, 14 September 2008 20:54

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You can all sleep safely now, the war on terror is one step closer to being won as YouTube bans violent Islamist videos following pressure from the US Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Terrorist organisations are expected to crumble accordingly. Not...

There can be no denying that video sites owned by Google, with YouTube sitting pretty on the top of the heap, have made an enormous difference to how we view the world. And that is a global we, with people all over the planet being able to tune in to just about anything that tickles their collective fancy.

And tune in they do, with as many as 44 percent of all videos available online coming from that direction according to some sources.

There can also be no denying that amongst the clips of bands playing, fat men dancing, girls kissing and Pandas being surprised there is more than the odd video that might fall under the general heading of 'objectionable.'

The Chairman of the US Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs firmly places violent Islamist video clips in this category. Indeed, Joe Lieberman is claiming victory in getting just this kind of content banned from YouTube.

In a press release Lieberman's office applaud Google's decision to strengthen standards in regard to videos published on YouTube.

The community guidelines for Google are now amended to ban videos that incite violence as well those actually containing graphic scenes of gratuitous violence or spread hate speech.

“YouTube was being used by Islamist terrorist organizations to recruit and train followers via the Internet and to incite terrorist attacks around the world" Lieberman said, adding "I expect these stronger community guidelines to decrease the number of videos on YouTube produced by al-Qaeda and affiliated Islamist terrorist organizations."

I am not so sure, to be honest.

The guidelines themselves state that "Things like predatory behavior, stalking, threats, harassment, intimidation, invading privacy, revealing other people's personal information, and inciting others to commit violent acts or to violate the Terms of Use are taken very seriously."

What else does Senator Lieberman think should be done, and from what orifice is he asking for it? Find out on page 2...

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