Google Hit Over Terrorist Videos

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Google Hit Over Terrorist Videos
May 20, 2008
Associated Press

WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman on May 19 said Google Inc. is not thorough enough in removing YouTube videos that he says are used by al-Qaida and other terrorist organizations to spread propaganda and recruit followers.

Lieberman, who chairs the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, wrote to Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt to complain that YouTube is not enforcing its own guidelines against showing graphic and gratuitous violence.

YouTube Videos produced by al-Qaida "show attacks on U.S. forces in which American Soldiers are injured and, in some cases, killed," Lieberman's letter said.

A Google spokesman said the company has removed about 80 videos that violated YouTube's restrictions on gratuitous violence and hate speech following discussions with the senator's staff last week.

The spokesman said it's difficult to prescreen the hundreds of thousands of videos uploaded to YouTube everyday. Instead, the site relies on users to police objectionable material - simply by pressing a "Flag" button located under a video - which is then reviewed by the company.


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