YouTube Gives Users Ability To Flag Content That Promotes Terrorism

[IScreamSundays]

Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/13/youtube-terrorism-flag_n_796128.html

In response to concerns it's become a means of radical promotion, YouTube has now added an option for flagging content that is terrorist in nature.

When you flag a video as inappropriate, "promotes terrorism" now appears as an option under the "violent or repulsive content" category on the Google-owned website (see screenshot below).

Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) called the new terrorism flag a "good first step toward scrubbing mainstream Internet sites of terrorist propaganda."

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The site opted to make no changes at the time but encouraged users to use the flagging feature. Now "promotes terrorism" is a flag option.

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[aquart]

1. Like any Republican policy?

[peacebird]

2. may I suggest we flag all birther clips? and teabagger diatribes?

not to mention the knuckledragging fundie clips... caribou barbie, the beckster & limpballs?

:evilgrin:

this could be fun!

[arcane1]

3. Well, I'm sure it won't be misused n/t

[smiley]

4. So essentially,

any youTube video of Sarah Palin speaking.

[T Wolf]

5. This weapon must be used. You know the enemy will. Flag every god-damned vid of any repuke

talking.

That fits the definition.

[BadgerKid]

6. Let's pause to beware the censorship slippery slope.

Giving people ideas how to blow stuff up and generally harm others is bad.

Squashing free speech and thought is also bad. Recall the "free speech zones" * had set. They weren't "Protest Here" zones, but zones where protesters should be neither seen nor heard.

[Fire Walk With Me]

7. I'm off to flag every single Rick Astley video I can find.

[leftstreet]

8. OMG Is al-Qaeda recc'ing Funny Cat Videos?

OMG

This could explain so many things...

[No Elephants]

11. Literally laughed out loud. Thanks.

[damntexdem]

9. Do you mean that Faux News will be banned from YouTube?

Not to mention Sarah Palin and the entire GOP?

;-)

[Turborama]

10. Good, I've got fed up with trying to find other ways of reporting Al Qaeda propaganda vids

YouTube is infested with them and I hope this helps with their removal.