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Youtube takes down snuff. News at 11. It doesn't matter if the snuff is an Israeli shooting a Palestinian, or a jihadi beheading a cartoonist. It's all removed
by boxed 1y ago
Youtube takes down snuff. News at 11.
It doesn't matter if the snuff is an Israeli shooting a Palestinian, or a jihadi beheading a cartoonist. It's all removed because YouTube doesn't accept snuff on its platform.
- teddyh 1y agoTechnically, “snuff” is usually defined as at least being made for entertainment (I say “usually”, since commonly other requirements are added as well). But beheading videos and the like are meant to scare their enemies, not to entertain weirdos on the internet. So these are not “snuff” videos.
- fluoridation 1y agoIf you want to get technical, then >A film or video clip which involves a real non-acted murder. It seems like any video depicting a real murder would count as snuff. In any case, has YouTube ever allowed either kind?
- teddyh 1y agoI dispute that definition: <https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/a-pinch-of-snuff/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/a-pinch-of-snuff/>
- boxed 1y agoI would think the "for entertainment" is in the eye of the beholder, and the production part is irrelevant. In either case, YouTube has never allowed this stuff.
- lern_too_spel 1y agoThese were documentaries made by nonprofits, not snuff films. As the article states, they were removed due to sanctions, not for violating YouTube policies.
- boxed 1y ago> As the article states Claims is the word I think.
- lern_too_spel 1y agoThese videos were removed because of sanctions against the companies who run the YouTube channels, not because of ToU violations.