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| YouTube won't take down all Islamist videos |
| 2008-05-22 |
| Google has refused a request from U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman, Ind.-Conn., to remove videos produced by terrorist groups from its video-sharing site YouTube. In a statement posted on the YouTube blog, the company said that it had taken down some of the videos identified by Lieberman's staff because they contained hate speech, gratuitous violence or in other ways violated community standards. "Senator Lieberman stated his belief, in a letter sent today, that all videos mentioning or featuring these groups should be removed from YouTube -- even legal nonviolent or non-hate speech videos," the statement said. "While we respect and understand his views, YouTube encourages free speech and defends everyone's right to express unpopular points of view." In his letter, sent Monday, Lieberman said that radical Islamist groups use YouTube to share recruiting and training videos. I think Both sides should get equal billing as long as they don't go too far. |
| Posted by:gorb |
| #3 Owned by "Do no Harm" Google. How fitting after they helped the Chicoms track down some bloggers last year. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2008-05-22 17:48 |
| #2 After all, inciting the faithful to kill jooos and infidels is not hate speach....it's motivational speaking. |
| Posted by: Rex Mundi 2008-05-22 13:08 |
| #1 How long would they stay up if YouTube thought they were propaganda pieces by Michelle Malkin to embarrass/shame Islam? Content wouldn't be different just the poster. Taking bets :) |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2008-05-22 08:01 |