Content Moderation Case Study: Senator Asks YouTube To Block Al Qaeda Videos (2008)

Content Moderation Case Study: Senator Asks YouTube To Block Al Qaeda Videos (2008)

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Summary: In 2008, the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee, chaired by then Senator Joe Lieberman, produced a report entitled: “Violent Islamist Extremism: The Internet, and the Homegrown Terrorist Threat.” The report mentions a rap video called “Dirty Kuffar” (Kuffar meaning “nonbeliever”) that, according to the report, praises Osama bin Laden and the attacks of 9/11.

A few days after the report came out, Lieberman sent a letter addressed to then Google CEO Eric Schmidt pointing to the report and asking the company to remove terrorist content from the site, including things like the named video.

Content Moderation Case Study: Senator Asks YouTube To Block Al Qaeda Videos (2008)

Feb 20, 2021, 12:26am UTC
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210219/15363946279/content-moderation-case-study-senator-asks-youtube-to-block-al-qaeda-videos-2008.shtml > Summary: In 2008, the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee, chaired by then Senator Joe Lieberman, produced a report entitled: “Violent Islamist Extremism: The Internet, and the Homegrown Terrorist Threat.” The report mentions a rap video called “Dirty Kuffar” (Kuffar meaning “nonbeliever”) that, according to the report, praises Osama bin Laden and the attacks of 9/11. > A few days after the report came out, Lieberman sent a letter addressed to then Google CEO Eric Schmidt pointing to the report and asking the company to remove terrorist content from the site, including things like the named video.