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.
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(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 03 2018, @09:25AM (2 children)
So when are the UK police going to ban the Quran?
(Score: 2) by janrinok on Sunday June 03 2018, @11:11AM (1 child)
Probably about the same time that you stop being frightened by a religion. Oh, you mean those that claim to be Muslims but, in fact, do not follow the teachings of the Quran? Don't blame a religion for people who have a twisted idea of good and evil. The religion is just being exploited by people with marginally more intelligence than those being targetted.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 03 2018, @11:56AM
Right now then? My point was only that the law be applied equally.
Are you talking about this abhorrent, hateful nonsense? [skepticsannotatedbible.com] What's the legal distinction between incitement via rap music or incitement via "religious" text? There's only one rational conclusion to this thought experiment unless the frame is perverted from that of secular perspective.