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The video of the christchurch shooter is a primary source for a historical event, in the same way that combat footage is. When primary sources are not availabl
by vorpalhex 5y ago
The video of the christchurch shooter is a primary source for a historical event, in the same way that combat footage is.
When primary sources are not available to the public then lies have the same footing as truth.
- morpheos137 5y agoRecently I have discovered that google has nuked hundreds of North Korean videos. This upsets me as needless destruction of the historical record. I wonder how people would feel if something like google was around after world war II and censored hundreds of videos of nazi atrocities. It is wrong for a public forum like Youtube or public resource like google drive to restrict content based on subject matter with very few limited exceptions. All political and war footage should be free from restriction. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/09/14/youtube-has-shut-down-more-north-korean-channels-and-researchers-are-livid/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/09/14... Stimme Koreas is now gone too.
- vorpalhex 5y agoIt's never too late to join the digital hoarding initiative.
- morpheos137 5y agoWell it kind of is too late when the historical videos are pulled down and you do not have another source besides Youtube. I am sure that academic and even possibly open source intelligence researchers are similarly frustrated assuming they did not all download the videos many of which had been on the platform for many years.