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Jihad preacher Anwar al-Awlaki’s “content remains consistently and readily available on YouTube”

Sep 29, 2017 4:39 pm By Robert Spencer

YouTube recently removed a “Robert Spencer” playlist as “inappropriate.” YouTube has deleted a popular ex-Muslim’s Arabic material criticizing Islam. YouTube is censoring content to suit Iran’s Islamic authorities.

“YouTube accused of labelling terror preacher Anwar al-Awlaki’s calls for violent jihad as ‘inappropriate’ content – but failing to ban up to 70,000 of his videos,” by Jasper Hamill, The Sun, September 29, 2017:

YOUTUBE has been accused of labelling videos of an infamous terror preacher’s calls for violent jihad “inappropriate” and leaving them available for viewing rather than banning them altogether.

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP), a non-profit dedicated to tackling extremism, alleged that it has found more than 70,000 videos of Anwar al-Awlaki, a dead radical imam whose sermons are said to have inspired atrocities including the 7/7 bombings, the Charlie Hebdo attacks and the Orlando Pulse nightclub massacre.

Jean-Charles Brisard, chairman of the Center for the Analysis of Terrorism, said: “YouTube is a prime example of how internet companies are inconsistently responding to terrorist propaganda online.

“These companies need to take more transparent, coherent and vigorous actions if we are to reduce the spread of this terrorist content.”

YouTube recently introduced a new policy known internally as “tougher treatment” which is designed to reduce the audience for videos deemed to be “inappropriate or offensive to some audiences”.

The Google-owned video site is now putting videos into a “limited state” if they are deemed controversial enough to be considered objectionable, but not hateful, pornographic or violent enough to be banned altogether.

Videos which are put into a limited state cannot be embedded on other websites, easily published on social media using the usual share buttons and other users cannot comment on them – but they can still be watched.

But the CEP’s research suggests al-Awlaki has been subjected to “tougher treatment” rather than being banned.

It said one particularly vitriolic speech called the “Battle of Hearts and Minds” could still be seem om YouTube and had been labelled “inappropriate or offensive to some viewers”.

The CEP said Al Qaeda and ISIS have used the video “to rally supporters and lionize terrorists”.

It claimed that Awlaki’s “content remains consistently and readily available on YouTube” and alleged that it found 70,000 results when it searched YouTube for “Anwar al-Awlaki” just one month ago – up from 61,900 when it did the same on December 19 2015.

The non-profit also alleged that YouTube’s recommendations “nudged” users towards Awlaki’s “incendiary and egregious content”….

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  1. Voytek Gagalka says

    Sep 29, 2017 at 5:08 pm

    On WHOSE side they are? Obviously, on the side of terrorists. Why? Follow the money: I have not a slightest doubt that Google (which owns YouTube now) received substantial “reward” for their pro-jihad activities from well knows Islamic big pockets which means they essentially “sits in their pockets”: who is paying, dictate policies.

    • mortimer says

      Sep 29, 2017 at 6:08 pm

      Agree…whose side is youtube on? On the side of the Islamic terrorists? Or on the side of those who want an end to Islamic terrorism?

      There is no neutrality in terrorism. Silence favors the PERPETRATORS of TERRORISM…silence NEVER favors the VICTIMS of terrorism.

      • MARCO D says

        Oct 1, 2017 at 7:05 am

        YOU ARE SO RIGHT- IT IS ABOUT TIME PEOPLE OF CIVILIZED COUNTRYS UNITE BEHIND THEIR GOVERNMENTS AND TAKE FORCEFUL ACTION AND APPLY LAWS TO ERADICATE THIS SCURGE OF THE EARTH!!!!!!!!!

    • Joe says

      Sep 30, 2017 at 8:31 pm

      Follow the money. Why is Saudi Arabia not on the ban list? OIL!

  2. JawsV says

    Sep 29, 2017 at 5:53 pm

    Awlaki was such a turd. So glad we got him. Good Riddance to Islamic rubbish.

    • gravenimage says

      Sep 30, 2017 at 12:07 am

      Unfortunately, his sick message lives on on YouTube.

      • mortimer says

        Sep 30, 2017 at 9:02 am

        Almost all the jihadists from English-speaking countries have heard his sermons. Those sermons expose the teachings regarding the motives and methods of jihad. They are based on pure Salafism, the doctrines taught by Caliph al Baghdadi and which are approved by leading clerics at Al Azhar University and the main mosques in Soddy Barbaria.

  3. mortimer says

    Sep 29, 2017 at 6:06 pm

    1) youtube promotes Islamic terrorism.

    2) youtube deletes criticism of Islamic terrorism.

    Conclusion: youtube is in fact in favor of and promoting Islamic terrorism.

  4. gravenimage says

    Sep 30, 2017 at 12:04 am

    Jihad preacher Anwar al-Awlaki’s “content remains consistently and readily available on YouTube”
    ………………….

    So–opposing the horrors of Jihad are “inappropriate”–but preaching violent Jihad is fine with YouTube? What suicidal insanity…

    • mortimer says

      Sep 30, 2017 at 9:07 am

      Agree, suicidal insanity. Leftards want to destroy the bases of Western civilization by using the toxic barbarism of their 7th century PROXY WARRIORS. The Leftards stand back and let the jihadists destroy Western civilization, then after the destruction is almost complete, the Leftards expect to impose Marxism and rule with the Muslims in token positions. Thereupon, they will repeat the moves of the Soviets who suddenly declared that Islam repressed the rights of women, and then took action to dismantle all Islamic schools and mosques and exiled Muslims to Siberia.

      Western Leftards believe they can control their Muslim mules.

  5. Meturaf says

    Sep 30, 2017 at 9:33 am

    Fellow Americans. This censorship by first Facebook and Twitter and now Youtube is a part of the Creeping Sharia, that we have been warned about by Robert Spencer, Pamela Geller, Bridget Gabriel and others for years now, ever since that treasonous dog Obama took office
    In 1936 they established the German American Bund for all Americans of German descent. They operated about 20 youth and training camps, and eventually growing to a membership in the tens of thousands among 70 regional divisions across the country. While everybody else stuck their heads in isolationist sand.

    Of course they deflected their values by using the Jews as a Scapegoat, the way that Muslim use Israel today as the cause of, “put the crime committed here”. And they dont even bother with accusing Christians of any crime, they just attack them as they are the next religion closest in numbers to Muslims.

    But now the Pope has betrayed the Catholics, Non Catholic branches of Christianity are letting Muslims pray in their Church, a Catholic school built foot washing stations for Muslim students, rather then spend the money on furthering the message of Jesus.

    Christians are beat up if they are caught at Muslim Festivals on public ground preaching the Gospel. The police treat them like they are the danger, the Muslim security try and pounce on them and beat them up. Michigan was sued by a Christian group and won for violation of their rights to assemble and free speech.

    Instead of Nazisms Jewish Conspiracy we have the Islamaphobic conspiracy. The State Dept as most of us tuned in Americans has always been kissing the rear end of the Islamic countries as much as the British have done over the past hundreds years and now see what it has gotten them. Courts wont call a spade a spade, ie a terrorist a terrorist. The Canadian people are now subservient to laws shutting your mouth to any complaints about Islam while Jewish and Christian beliefs may be ridiculed at will.
    They have that Cabbage head Trudeau selling out his part of Canada already for a couple of years now. Soon he will Haj to Mecca no doubt.

    Even after the murderous attack in Florida at the Gay Club, the LGBT leadership scum also look to run with the Muslims while those in Arab countries of the Gay persuasion are murdered without thought.

    Fellow Americans of all races, creeds, colors, sexual orientation. Our President and a few rare political officials may stand up to Islams openly stated attempt to overthrow our Constitution, but we are in trouble. Its time to organize. Screw YouTube and Facebook and Twitter. Enough debating these animals on News Shows. If your a Jew and you see Christians being harassed by Muslims, no matter what it may cost your, your are obligated not to stand by what may end up to be your brothers blood if the Muslim street thugs have their way and go and help them. Christians have been standing by Jews for a long time now, not as a tactic to preach Jesus to them, but because they are true Christians at heart.

    Sharia Pushers, Antifa, the Left Wing, Black lives matter except for those murdered in gang violence, and all their Berkley like brainwashed so called students, and those who dont seem to have jobs but have plenty of time to show up and play the “we are going to save you even if we have to kill you” game.

    Many of us have girlfriends, wives, daughters who are sooner or later going to encounter the type of Muslim Sex Criminals that are allowed to roam free in Europe. We are back to days of the “She asked for it” mentality in Europe and we dont want that here.

    We see in the videos those brave biker type lads who stand eye to eye with Antifa, even if outnumbered and make Antifa blink, at the same time note how the police do nothing. If they want to interrupt free passage as is our right, to get to our flight on time because they are afraid to use the weapons they are supplied with, Batons, Rubber Bullets or Lead when really necessary, and smoke bombs. And they refuse to use them to protect our rights.

    Does anybody else think we need to go underground in some ways and put on our American Armor and meet these people more often and more serious. Surely there are legal eagles who can challenge the southern poverty whatever they are who have libeled and slandered our Robert Spencer and show them that we can push back even harder.

    Every day that we let pass without action is a day they mark as a day of continuing victory in their attempts to destroy us using the constitution that we know they hold in contempt.

    Im just one person. I can only filibuster, but together we can bust injustice. I would like to hear Robert Spencers thoughts. We know how they have placed Robert Spencer and others in the Though Criminal list along with the latest hate crime known as Microaggression. But that does not mean we just howl at the moon and slink away like dogs with our tails between our legs.

    God Bless This Country And All Who Love Her.

  6. Walter Sieruk says

    Sep 30, 2017 at 11:17 am

    On an internet video the imam Anwar al Awlaki when speaking about the Islamic East having Muslim suicide/homicide terror attacks against the West he declared “We have men who are dedicated and sincere.” The key word in that statement “sincere.” Of course those violent jihadists are sincere they wouldn’t commit self- destructive jihad attacks against the West and Westerner if they were not sincere. This serves as an extreme example of how a person can be since but wrong. In this case murderous wrong. Therefore this, likewise, serves as an example of the total falsehood and folly of the fool saying which is that “It doesn’t matter what you believe as long as your sincere.”
    With being sincere, many times, there are feeling that are, in essence, thoughts that have “good intentions.” A strange and odd as this is to the Western way of thinking the dangerous and deadly jihadist/Muslims have “good intentions.” with their deadly and violent jihad for the cause of Islam . This shows the truth of the old saying which is that “The road to hell is paved with good intentions.”

  7. Ade Fegan says

    Sep 30, 2017 at 12:09 pm

    Strange … I don’t remember this scene from the Jewel in the Nile ?

  8. staffsgt7 says

    Sep 30, 2017 at 2:15 pm

    anti-Islamic videos get deleted because of the mass reporting by moslems who find it offensive. #1. it shows us their ‘collective’ mindset #2. it shows us that ‘moderate’ moslems is a pipe dream and #3 we don’t do the same and maybe we should. But there is no one telling us where to go because I don’t know Arabic, nor do I gravitate towards videos put out by moslems (I hate their gaggy yoddling). Put together a page where we can go and start mass reporting their crap and I know I would report them, and hopefully so would others do the same.

  9. UNCLE VLADDI says

    Sep 30, 2017 at 11:08 pm

    Pretending that the global crime-gang called islam is a “race” of poor swarthy animal-people, oppressed by the mentally superior whites, in order to slander everyone who notices it’s a crime-gang as a hatefully bigoted “racist” – is to deliberately enable that crime-gang’s crimes by hiding and destroying the evidence of same, and thus to be a willing accessory to those crimes. Since islam is a murder-gang, and the penalty for committing and enabling the commission of murder is DEATH, anyone and everyone who calls an opponent of muslims, islam, and their global jihad, a “racist!” should be lawfully put to death.

    Everyone who defends islam and muslims endorses crime.
    Endorsing crime IS a crime, so those doing it are criminals.

    Right in the Qur’an is: the obligation to murder Jews and Christians (Surah 9:29), to terrorize all non-Muslims (8:12), to rape young girls (65:4), to enslave people for sex (4:3), to lie about one’s true goals (3:54), and the command to make war on all the infidels (9:123) and subjugate the entire world to Allah (9:33).

    Are death-threats legal? NO.
    Is extortion legal? NO.
    Is slavery legal? NO.
    Is murder legal? NO.
    Is rape legal? NO.

    THEN ISLAM IS ILLEGAL!

    Rape, slavery, robbery, extortion and murder are never OK!

    Everything muslims pretend to see as “holy” is already a crime!

    So nobody has a legal right to practice islam anywhere on earth!

    IN TRYING TO MAKE CRITICISM OF THE GLOBAL CRIME GANG CALLED “ISLAM” INTO A CRIME, TO PROTECT THAT CRIME GANG BY HIDING THE EVIDENCE OF ITS CRIMES, YOUTUBE’S OWNERS ARE CRIMINALS: TRAITORS TO RATIONALITY, CIVILIZATION, AND HUMANITY ITSELF.

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