YouTube announces policies aimed at restricting extremism
Videos not offensive enough to be removed cannot have advertising nor be recommended or commented on
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.
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