Last June, YouTube said it would ban supremacist content, but did nothing to accounts belonging to some of the most prominent among that group, including Richard Spencer and former KKK leader David Duke. Now, it has finally shut down their channels.
New York In June 2019, YouTube announced it would ban supremacist content. Even so, it did nothing to accounts belonging to some of the most prominent among that group, including white supremacist Richard Spencer and former KKK leader David Duke.
Now, amid a flurry of similar actions by social media companies, it has finally shut down their channels. Overall, YouTube took action on six high-profile white supremacist channels on Monday, including Stefan Molyneux, American Renaissance and Spencer's National Policy Institute. "We have strict policies prohibiting hate speech on YouTube, and terminate any channel that repeatedly or egregiously violates those policies.
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