Friday, June 22, 2012

Google accused of funding neo-Nazis via Adsense

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Google has been accused of indirectly funding neo-Nazi groups by sharing advertising revenues from YouTube and Adsense with extremist groups.
Reports in the guardian suggest that extremists are taking advantage of these revenue sharing systems to obtain money from some of Britain’s top advertisers, including Virgin Media, O2 and BT, without their knowledge.
Groups such as Blood & Honour and Combat 18 are cited as having taken advantage of such arrangements by overlaying adverts over their hate clips.
YouTube’s rules explicitly forbid incitement to hatred of minority or ethnic groups but nevertheless plays host to several neo-Nazi channels as the volume of uploads makes it impossible to vet all footage.
A YouTube spokesperson said: “YouTube's community guidelines prohibit hate speech, and we encourage our users to flag material that they believe breaks the rules. We review all flagged videos quickly, and we promptly remove material that violates our guidelines.”

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