YOUTUBE BLASTED OVER TERROR VIDS
YOUTUBE has been condemned for failing to take down films praising Adolf Hitler and showing Taliban propaganda.
A study of Islamist and farright extremist material found more than 120 videos were still not removed despite having been flagged to the website’s administrators.
Yvette Cooper, chairwoman of the Commons Home Affairs Select Committee, claimed it was “simply unacceptable”.
The Labour MP commissioned the three-month study by think-tank the Henry Jackson Society.
Researchers flagged up 107 Islamic extremist videos and 94 examples of far-right content.
But 61 of the far-right videos and 60 of the Islamic extremist posts remained online for viewers to watch.
One video entitled Adolf Hitler Was Right, featuring praise of the Nazi leader over images of Jewish families being taken to concentration camps, was flagged on August ® 1 but still live on September 18. Promotional material from the Taliban was flagged on August 29 but still available on September 18. Other videos included footage of a child singing over images glorifying terrorism, a man slapping a Muslim teenager with bacon while shouting “Isis scum” and a video of burning buses celebrating the deaths of Shia Muslims. Ms Cooper said: “The reality is that this material is far too easy to access. “YouTube has promised to do more, but it just isn’t moving fast enough. “And we need much stronger action from Government.” Henry Jackson Society executive director Alan Mendoza said analysis of Islamist terrorist offences found that in 35% of cases, the internet was cited as a major way in which offenders engaged with extremism. NEARLY a million Twitter accounts have been suspended for promoting terrorism in less than two years. WARNING: Cooper