Are video sharing sites like youtube under pressure from the government to ban terror related material?
The popular video-sharing website YouTube has introduced new regulations aimed at purging the site of terror-related materials. The rules forbid so-called “hate speech” (speech which attacks or demeans a particular nationality, race, or ethnic group) and gratuitous violence. They also bar instructional videos on subjects like bomb-making and sniper attacks. U.S. Senator Joe Lieberman praised YouTube’s new guidelines, which he said should make it harder for groups like al-Qaida to post material on the site. Lieberman issued a report earlier this year warning that the Internet plays a key role in recruiting and training terrorists, and in planning terror attacks. http://www.voanews.com/english/archive/2008-09/2008-09-13-voa25.cfm?CFID=179178392&CFTOKEN=38832870&jsessionid=84302f93614134fff8568707e4e49c365f61 You T
The popular video-sharing website YouTube has introduced new regulations aimed at purging the site of terror-related materials. The rules forbid so-called “hate speech” (speech which attacks or demeans a particular nationality, race, or ethnic group) and gratuitous violence. They also bar instructional videos on subjects like bomb-making and sniper attacks. U.S. Senator Joe Lieberman praised YouTube’s new guidelines, which he said should make it harder for groups like al-Qaida to post material on the site. Lieberman issued a report earlier this year warning that the Internet plays a key role in recruiting and training terrorists, and in planning terror attacks. http://www.voanews.com/english/archive/2008-09/2008-09-13-voa25.cfm?CFID=179178392&CFTOKEN=38832870&jsessionid=84302f93614134fff8568707e4e49c365f61 You T
