Only in an election year!
Senator saves YouTube from al Qaeda
Terrorists violate terms of service
By Austin Modine
Senator Joseph Lieberman claims to have struck a mighty blow against the forces of al Qaeda this week by pressuring YouTube to forbid users from uploading terrorist training videos.
The popular video site updated its "Community Guidelines" yesterday, warning terrorist cells they're at serious risk of violating the site's Terms of Service - and may even face having their YouTube accounts permanently terminated.
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Lieberman writes he is grateful for the response, but continues to urge Google to remove all videos produced by "Foreign Terrorist Organizations", not just those that violate its community guidelines.
Intriguingly, his efforts may have also unintentionally thwarted another subversive group threatening Lady Liberty from the shadows. YouTube's revised policy now forbids "things like instructional bomb making, ninja assassin training, sniper attacks, videos that train terrorists, or tips on illegal street racing. Any depictions like these should be educational or documentary and shouldn’t be designed to help or encourage others to imitate them."
Baahaha! They lump in Ninja assassin training, illegal street racing and terrorist bomb making videos all in the same bucket! I'm sure those terrorists are quaking with fear over having their YouTube accounts suspended, lol!
Terrorists violate terms of service
By Austin Modine
Senator Joseph Lieberman claims to have struck a mighty blow against the forces of al Qaeda this week by pressuring YouTube to forbid users from uploading terrorist training videos.
The popular video site updated its "Community Guidelines" yesterday, warning terrorist cells they're at serious risk of violating the site's Terms of Service - and may even face having their YouTube accounts permanently terminated.
[snip]
Lieberman writes he is grateful for the response, but continues to urge Google to remove all videos produced by "Foreign Terrorist Organizations", not just those that violate its community guidelines.
Intriguingly, his efforts may have also unintentionally thwarted another subversive group threatening Lady Liberty from the shadows. YouTube's revised policy now forbids "things like instructional bomb making, ninja assassin training, sniper attacks, videos that train terrorists, or tips on illegal street racing. Any depictions like these should be educational or documentary and shouldn’t be designed to help or encourage others to imitate them."
Baahaha! They lump in Ninja assassin training, illegal street racing and terrorist bomb making videos all in the same bucket! I'm sure those terrorists are quaking with fear over having their YouTube accounts suspended, lol!