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YouTube Removes Around 30 "Violent" Music Videos in Response to UK Police Requests

posted by martyb on Sunday June 03 2018, @12:51AM   
from the triggered dept.

takyon writes:

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.

Drill music.

Also at Rolling Stone and Pitchfork.

Related: Spotify Removes Two Artists From Playlists Due to "Hate Content and Hateful Conduct"

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• Re:What are the standards here? Part 2 Re:What are the standards here? Part 2 (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 03 2018, @11:18PM (2 children)

  by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 03 2018, @11:18PM (#688129)

  The Communications Act 2003 outlaws the act of sending "by means of a public electronic communications network a message or other matter that is grossly offensive or of an indecent, obscene or menacing character.

  Well, the UK is an authoritarian abomination of a country, so this comes as no surprise.

  If you are British and don't like it, write to your MP. If you are not British, then the UK can do whatever it wants without your approval.

  Sorry, but the mere fact that I was born on a different patch of dirt as some other people does not mean I won't feel empathy for them when their human rights (which may or may not be recognized by a specific government) are being violated. That's such a right-wing idea.

  I have no issues when foreigners chastise the US government for committing war crimes, conducting mass surveillance on the populace, or doing any number of other heinous things. In fact, when they do, I agree with them because I am not a tribalist.

  By all means comment here, but don't confuse your rights with those of someone in a different country.

  I don't, which is why I said the UK is worse than the US when it comes to freedom of speech.

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• Re:What are the standards here? Part 2 Re:What are the standards here? Part 2 (Score: 2) by janrinok on Monday June 04 2018, @06:52AM (1 child)

  by janrinok (52) on Monday June 04 2018, @06:52AM (#688257) Journal

  UK is worse than the US when it comes to freedom of speech.

  Which is why I have tried to educate you to correct your erroneous belief that the UK has a law covering freedom of speech. It hasn't. I agree with your comments, I'm not arguing against them.

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  • Re:What are the standards here? Part 2 (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 06 2018, @08:42AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 06 2018, @08:42AM (#689230)

    Which is why I have tried to educate you to correct your erroneous belief that the UK has a law covering freedom of speech.

    You're mistaken about my beliefs. Freedom of speech is a concept, not just "a law". On the principle of freedom of speech, the UK is worse than the US.

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