YouTube In The Spotlight For Hosting Racist Material
Written by on August 27th, 2007 in Ajax News.
YouTube is in a spot of bother in Germany for hosting Nazi related material uploaded by users.
Clips include scenes from the 1940 Nazi anti-Semitic propaganda film Jud Suess and music videos German far-right rock band Landser.
A German parliamentarian was quoted as saying that YouTube hosting these films “amounts to aiding and abetting incitement of these people.” The display of Nazi imagery or logos, or supporting Nazi ideals is illegal in Germany and punishable by jail time as well as severe fines.
According to a ZDNet report Germany’s Central Council of Jews Vice President Salomon Korn was considering pressing charges against Google Germany over the matter.
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