UK NEWS: YOUTUBE REMOVE GANG VIDEOS AFTER NEWHAM COUNCIL REQUEST

June 7, 2013

BBC News reports that YouTube has removed removed dozens of videos promoting gang violence after a request from an east London council. Newham Council has created a special unit within its enforcement team to trace videos it believes could be used to recruit new gang members. The scheme, which has been running since January, has indentified about 500 videos and 76 of them have so far been removed. Other London councils are looking at the scheme with a view to adopting it. […]