Comment on YouTube Quietly Erased More Than 700 Videos Documenting Israeli Human Rights Violations
jeffw@lemmy.world 1 week agoThis was my immediate guess. Not even obtuse terms, just not wanting kids to stumble on torture porn and snuff films
Comment on YouTube Quietly Erased More Than 700 Videos Documenting Israeli Human Rights Violations
jeffw@lemmy.world 1 week agoThis was my immediate guess. Not even obtuse terms, just not wanting kids to stumble on torture porn and snuff films
themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 week ago
The three human rights groups’ account terminations cumulatively amount to the erasure of more than 700 videos, according to an Intercept tally.
The deleted videos range in scope from investigations, such as an analysis of the Israeli killing of American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, to testimonies of Palestinians tortured by Israeli forces and documentaries like “The Beach,” about children playing on a beach who were killed by an Israeli strike.
Some videos are still available through copies saved on the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine or on alternate platforms, such as Facebook and Vimeo. The wiping only affected the group’s official channels; videos which were produced by the nonprofits but hosted on alternate YouTube channels remain active. No cumulative index of videos deleted by YouTube is available, however, and many appear to not be available elsewhere online.
Doesn’t seem like they violate the polices.