YouTube announces policies aimed at restricting extremism

Oakland

YOUTUBE has struggled for years with videos that promote offensive viewpoints but do not necessarily violate the company's guidelines for removal. Now, it is taking a new approach: Bury them.

The issue has gained new prominence amid media reports that one of the London Bridge attackers became radicalised by watching YouTube videos of an American Islamic preacher, whose sermons have been described as employing extremely charged religious and sectarian language.