How extremist online videos can be important evidence

Name: How extremist online videos can be important evidence
Uploaded: 2017-09-13T22:00:00Z
Duration: P477S
Description: Aiming to remove violent and extremist content from its website, YouTube took down hundreds of videos from the Syrian war. But researchers and advocates have pushed back, claiming the company removed potential evidence of human rights violations. Former U.S. Ambassador Stephen Rapp and Issie Lapowsky of Wired Magazine join Hari Sreenivasan to discuss these concerns.

Clip: 09/13/2017 | 7m 57s | Video has closed captioning.

Aiming to remove violent and extremist content from its website, YouTube took down hundreds of videos from the Syrian war. But researchers and advocates have pushed back, claiming the company removed potential evidence of human rights violations. Former U.S. Ambassador Stephen Rapp and Issie Lapowsky of Wired Magazine join Hari Sreenivasan to discuss these concerns.

Aired: 09/13/17

Rating: NR

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