(Jewish Group) YouTube finally removes channel that inspired Texas gunman in victory for JC
YouTube has finally removed two channels linked to notorious hate preachers including one whose antisemitism inspired a British Islamist to travel to the US to take Jews hostage at gunpoint.
After weeks of pressure from the JC, the tech giant today removed the channel of Israr Ahmed, and on Wednesday removed the channel of Wagdy Ghoniem. Between them, they had a combined total of more than 3.5 million subscribers.
The JC has been exposing harmful YouTube content in a series of investigations since last June. YouTube had previously not only failed to remove the channels but did not even provide a response.
Testimony from a whistleblower who worked for Crisp, a content moderation firm contracted to YouTube, exclusively published by the JC, has finally prompted the company to act.
The moderator, counter-terrorism expert Khaled Hassan, had repeatedly raised the issue of Jew-hatred on YouTube - including flagging the newly removed channels of Ahmed and Ghoniem - but saw his concerns ignored.
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Mr. Hassan!
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