YOUTUBE CRACKDOWN: The Platform Vows to Remove ‘Thousands’ of Videos Featuring ‘Extreme Views’

• YOUTUBE CRACKDOWN: The Platform Vows to Remove ‘Thousands’ of Videos Featuring ‘Extreme Views’
  by Hannity Staff, https://hannity.com/
  Social media giant YouTube announced Wednesday their plans to remove thousands of videos pushing “extreme views” on their platform; pledging to “clean up” the site after critics accused the network of promoting hate online.
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  “YouTube announced plans on Wednesday to remove thousands of videos and channels that advocate for neo-Nazism, white supremacy and other bigoted ideologies in an attempt to clean up extremism and hate speech on its popular service,” reports the New York Times.
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  “The new policy will ban ‘videos alleging that a group is superior in order to justify discrimination, segregation or exclusion,’ the company said in a blog post. The prohibition will also cover videos denying that violent incidents, like the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut, took place,” adds the newspaper.
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  “It’s our responsibility to protect that, and prevent our platform from being used to incite hatred, harassment, discrimination and violence,” posted the company.
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  Social media censorship has taken center stage in recent months, with conservative users claiming the platforms have removed content, censored speech, or banned personalities for their views.
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  Earlier this year, Project Veritas released a video showing Twitter employees bragging about “deleting” Trump supporters from the social network.
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