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YouTube deletes half of 'violent' music videos
YouTube says it has deleted more than half of the "violent" music videos that the country's most senior police officer asked it to take down. More than 30 clips have been removed so far.
Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick has blamed some videos for fuelling a surge in murders and violent crime in London - and singled out drill music. She asked YouTube to delete content which glamorises violence.
Drill originated in Chicago. Its biggest breakout star is arguably Chief Keef, famous for his 2012 track I Don't Like.
[...] In the past two years police have asked YouTube to take down between 50 and 60 music videos, because they were deemed to incite violence. The video-sharing site has now removed more than 30 of them.
"The gangs try to outrival each other with the filming and content - what looks like a music video can actually contain explicit language with gangs threatening each other," the Metropolitan Police's Mike West said.
That's that shit I don't like.
Also at Rolling Stone and Pitchfork.
Related: Spotify Removes Two Artists From Playlists Due to "Hate Content and Hateful Conduct"
(Score: 3, Informative) by realDonaldTrump on Sunday June 03 2018, @01:57AM (1 child)
London's biggest problem is Mayor Sadiq Khan who after a HORRIBLE terrorist attack -- one of many -- said there was "no reason to be alarmed." ISIS is getting away with murder there. Because of him.
After the Parkland shootings, I met with the students -- the survivors. With the teachers. And with the parents of some that died (RIP!!).
And I said we have to look at the Internet, because a lot of bad things are happening to young kids and young minds, and their minds are being formed. And we have to do something about maybe what they’re seeing and how they’re seeing it. And also video games. I’m hearing more and more people say the level of violence in video games is really shaping young people’s thoughts. And then you go the further step and that’s the movies. You see these movies, they’re so violent and yet a kid is able to see a movie if sex isn’t involved, but killing is involved. Maybe they have to put a rating system for that. youtu.be/0C_IBSuXIoo [youtu.be]
(Score: 2) by takyon on Sunday June 03 2018, @02:25AM
A knyfe ban, that's that shit I don't like.
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