Wednesday, November 3, 2010

YouTube Starts To Take Down Al Qaeda Videos



YouTube Begins Removing al-Qaeda Videos -- The Telegraph

YouTube has begun removing al-Qaeda videos from its website after the British Government contacted the White House to complain about the material.

A number of clips by Anwar al-Awlaki, believed to have been the mastermind of the cargo bomb plot, were deleted from the video sharing site last night. However scores more, including incendiary calls to wage war on non-Muslims, remain.

A Google search for one of the most provocative videos - entitled 44 Ways to Support Jihad - on Google brings up more than a hundred results from YouTube. Two of the three top results have now been blocked although the bulk of the rest remain available.

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More News On YouTube Taking Down Al Qaeda Videos

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Why hasn't YouTube taken down terror videos? -- The Telegraph
Profile: Anwar al-Awlaki -- The Guardian

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