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Asian Image reports that a campaign has been launched on Twitter urging people not to share a video purporting to show the murder of James Foley and thousands of ordinary users from around the world have backed the plan to deny IS publicity in horror at the horrific beheading footage, using the hashtag #ISISmediablackout. Twitter's chief executive Dick Costolo said the firm was taking action against accounts which spread the video. Still images from the video were removed from Twitter. Some individuals, including Al Jazeera America’s Wajahat Ali, said sharing the images of Foley’s apparent death on social media played into the militant group’s hands while others users suggested journalists “have a responsibility” to report murder.
The video of Foley’s purported killing was initially posted on YouTube, but taken down shortly afterward. Some criticized YouTube for not taking the video down quickly enough. "It's lucky that video didn't have a unlicensed Katy Perry song as a soundtrack or it would've been deleted from YouTube in seconds," wrote Tom Gara. A YouTube spokesperson would not say how long the video had remained posted on the site. The spokesperson said the company had "clear policies that prohibit content like gratuitous violence, hate speech and incitement to commit violent acts, and we remove videos violating these policies when flagged by our users".
(Score: 2) by tathra on Thursday August 21 2014, @07:29PM
the US needs to stay the fuck out because its our fault that ISIS is running amok. if we hadn't invaded and destablized the place, they wouldnt be beheading our journalists, and things would likely only end up even worse if we intervened again unless we do a proper invasion and take the place over for real. if anybody should be going in there to fight ISIS, its the surrounding countries (at least one of which is likely using ISIS as their proxy, and we need to stop fighting wars by proxy since nothing good ever comes from it) since they have a stake in the stability of the area, and if they allow ISIS to grow too much it could be their country invaded next.
we need to stop the CIA from funneling weapons into the area too since they're almost guaranteed to end up in the hands of insurgents, if not sold directly to them.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 22 2014, @04:03AM
Eh, ISIS is even more about Syria than it is Iraq. And while you might say that our prior support of Assad has contributed to the current conflict, it is even more true that a general lack of support for moderate revolutionaries has created a vacuum that ISIS filled.