YouTube Refuses to Yank Israeli Kill Video as Hamas Attacks Jerusalem -- Danger Room
YouTube is rejecting calls to take down a video showing the assassination of Hamas’ military leader, despite the video-sharing service’s apparent ban on “graphic or gratuitous violence.”
Israel launched its “Operation Pillars of Defense” on Wednesday by blowing up Ahmed al-Jabari as he was driving his car down the street in Gaza. Hours later, aerial footage of the kill shot was posted to YouTube — and instantly went viral, racking up nearly two million views.
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My Comment: This YouTube video is actually tame when compared to some of the YouTube videos that I am seeing (right now) from the Syrian civil war.