Youtube arbritarily bans "Feelin' the hate in Jerusalem" vid
Posted this video recently - http://www.videosift.com/video/Feeling-the-Hate-In-Jerusalem-on-Obama-s-Cairo-Address
From Max himself:
http://maxblumenthal.com/2009/06/youtube-bans-feeling-the-hate-in-jerusalem/
From Max himself:
Youtube has removed my video, “Feeling The Hate In Jerusalem,” on the baseless grounds that it contains “inappropriate content.” They have offered me no further explanation and have stonewalled my inquiries and attempts to rectify the situation. Thus they have censored a video that contains far less inflammatory content than thousands of video they are already hosting. Why? I won’t ascribe motives to Youtube I am unable to confirm, but it is clear there is an active campaign by right-wing Jewish elements to suppress the video by filing a flood of complaints with Youtube. At the same time these elements have attempted to paint me as a self-hating Jew determined to foment anti-Semitism.
http://maxblumenthal.com/2009/06/youtube-bans-feeling-the-hate-in-jerusalem/
9 Comments
Farhad2000Was it ban worthy? I don't think so. Pretty surprised at this.
rottenseedYoutube is really going overboard with their banning, suspending, and pulling of videos. The problem is, the method with which people get something pulled is actually justified 99% of the time and it'd be stupid to assume that they have enough manpower to review every individual complaint about a video in a timely fashion, but they should at least put some human eyes on those videos which the poster files an inquiry.
gorillamanUh, 0%. It's justified 0% of the time.
kulpimsshame on you, tube!
CrakeThey've relaxed their standards for violent content this week, though, to allow stuff from Iran to get more exposure.
enochmaybe there was a "no posting vids containing interviews with spoiled,drunk american college students living in isreal" clause.
either way..thats stupid to ban the video.
gwiz665It wasn't ban worthy at all. Youtube's handling of DMCA and "inappropriateness" has just been terrible lately. For shame.
nibiyabi>> ^gorillaman:
Uh, 0%. It's justified 0% of the time.
So scat porn and snuff films should be A-OK for YouTube?
gorillamanUh, yes?
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