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General Category => World News => Topic started by: TomSea on April 06, 2019, 10:12:52 am
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YouTube is clamping down on Tommy Robinson but it won't ban him
Jeff Parsons Wednesday 3 Apr 2019 7:50 am
YouTube has clamped down on Tommy Robinson by putting a number of restrictions on his account but stopped short of banning the activist completely despite mounting pressure to do so.
The Google-owned platform has faced calls to follow Facebook and Instagram in permanently banning Mr Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon. YouTube said that although the 36-year-old’s videos are not illegal, it decided to apply tougher treatment in response to users flagging his content as potentially violating its rules against hate speech and violent extremism.
The restrictions mean that all of the activist’s videos now come with a content warning before anyone is able to watch them and are removed from recommendations, while users can no longer comment, suggest or like the videos.
Read more at: https://metro.co.uk/2019/04/03/youtube-clamping-tommy-robinson-wont-ban-9092923/