New Category Lets YouTube Users Report Vids That 'Promote Terrorism'

[Donnachaidh]

http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/12/new_category_lets_youtube_users_report_vids_that_p.php

YouTube has quietly added a new category viewers can use to flag inappropriate videos: "promotes terrorism."

The new category, which went live in early November, is a subcategory of the "Violent or Repulsive Content" category users can choose when they report material on the site. The addition occurred shortly after lawmakers in the U.S. and Britain pressured the site to do something about terror-related content.

Last month, as The New York Times reported, the site removed hundreds of videos featuring American cleric Anwar Awlaki, who is connected to Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, after taking heat from Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) and British officials. But many videos of Awlaki remain easily accessible on the site. The new category will let users help the site keep track of terror-related videos amid the 24 hours worth of video uploaded every minute.

Users flag thousands of videos on YouTube every day, and humans review those reports 24 hours a day. Not all flagged videos are taken down, however, and those that are found to be newsworthy or contain religious speech will not be removed.

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[Javaman]

1. What about bad videos that could be viewed as social terrorism?

there is a lot of crap on youtube.

[notesdev]

2. I'll be back in a few hours

gonna go flag all those DHS videos