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In the last post I put up, I showed you how the terrorists use the videos that they post at YouTube.  Now I'd like to show you what some of those videos are about.  I was surfing around terrorist websites and found this gem.  The site is Ansar al-Mujahideen, which is a website for the Mujahideen terrorists (as you might suspect from their name.)   Here are some screen caps of the page, with an anonymized link.  This video is produced by As-Sahab, the media wing of Al Qaeda.  Their logo is plainly visible in the lower right corner of...

Free Republic YouTube Smackdown on Strike 'til further notice. In light of the recent FBI raids and busts, it is clear the danger from radical islam is near and growing.  One common thread throught each of these cases, is that these misunderstanders if islam become radicalized through online media.  Whether it be forums, websites, or videos, the internet has proved a powerful tool in the hands of those who wish to harm us and bring the joys of sharia to America.  Unfortunately, the terrorists are aided and abetted by companies in the US who allow the use of their...

Welcome to October!  I love the weather, but hate what comes next!  :-)       Thank you all for your help in teaching the terrorist wannabes at YouTube that free speech rights are not extended by our Constitution to those who are wishing to do our country harm.  No, we're not denying liberty to the hirabists by flagging (as YouTube has set up for us to do within their own terms of service guidelines) their propaganda recruiting videos.  We are exercising our rights as citizens and letting YouTube know when hosting certain videos is in violation of executive...

Happy September!  August has been a better month, which I am sure you could tell just by seeing the daily totals.  Maybe YouTube is starting to pay attention again?  Or maybe, just maybe, you guys have been really kicking their tushies?  Whatever it was, it worked!  THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!  It's so great to actually see good results from all the hard work you guys put in!  So let's get to it, shall we? 30 users suspended totaling (956) videosAn additional 106 videos smacked down from daily playlistsjSDotd had 20 videos downed in August and figures of...

Well hey - it's August.  We had a lot going on with the Smackdown Crew behind the scenes - vacations and absences and whatnot - but our numbers person has come thru with all the stats...and we're all questioning what they mean.  Two trains of thought here....    On the "glass is half-empty" side, it seems that YouTube's response has been less than stellar, to put it mildly.  We know that there are 10 users who have had more than their 3 strikes and yet they are still in the game.  But if you're a Pollyanna like me and...

Last month our numbers dropped off, and it's been an even deeper drop in June.  It's frustrating for us, and I'm sure for you as well, but please don't be deterred in doing good work!  We need to keep on nailing these jerks as long as they keep putting their terrorist propaganda up on YouTube.    And we know that the Wacky Smackers did their part - it's YouTube that's not holding up their end of the bargain.  This playlist represents users who have had three or more videos removed from YouTube for "terms of service violation," and yet...

Well, it seems like the summer slow down has hit -- our numbers have dropped a bit, but still nothing to shake a stick at!   It just underscores to me how much we need you Wacky Smackers in on the action - we certainly cannot do this to great success without your faithful help!  You guys ROCK!  So let's get to the numbers.... For Videos SmackedDown but users not suspended we had 102...Of those, jSDotd had 20!!We took down 53 hirabist  users with 1956 videos to their names  which brings our total videos for the month to2078!!  WOOOHOOOOO! May 2009 Results: 53...

WOW!  I can't believe it's been over a year since YouTube Smackdown came to Free Republic -- time flies, huh?  On the other hand, it seems like we've been doing this forever!  LOL  I'd like to say, once again, THANK YOU to all of you who make this mission a continued success.   Without each and every one of you who helps it would not be the success that it is!  So let's get to the numbers, shall we? For users not suspended...AhDoodieClaire had 133 videos downed  Free Republic took out 86 S.I.T. had 15 sniper vids downed jSDotd - 20 videos...

Happy April!   Before I get into all the results, I wanted to give you a heads up.  We have been noticing a trend at YouTube (you might have too!) that suggests Nazis and Nazi sympathizers are teaming up with the hirabists at YouTube to harass the Jews. That's a match made in hell if I ever saw one!  In any event, one of the Smackdown Crew has set up a channel at YouTube specifically to deal with the Nazis.  We won't be highlighting those videos here at FR, since these guys aren't breaking any laws.  They are, however,...

After an absolutely astounding January,  February was a down a bit, but it was still very respectable nonetheless!  I'd like to take a moment to tell you all, my Wacky Smacker friends, how much I appreciate the 15 minutes a day you give to this cause.  I really, truly mean it when I say we could not do this without each and every one of you who helps.  And if this is your first time to check out a YouTube Smackdown thread, we would love to have you smacking with us.  The more the merrier!   So let's get to...

Well, I never would have believed that we would have a January that could top our December, but it happened!  We passed some important milestones this month too.  As Lady Raven, one of the founders of YouTube Smackdown told us yesterday, we we crossed the 500 users SUSPENDED mark – and - crossed the 20,000 videos SMACKED DOWN mark!   We also are the recipients of a really cool new logo, thanks to Freeper Insight, and I look forward to incorporating that into our daily posts! So let's get to the results!  First, here are a couple statistics... SIT – (12)...

December was actually a GREAT month for YouTube Smackdown!  I hope you enjoyed seeing all the dancing babies as much as I enjoyed posting them!  You'll REALLY enjoy seeing these numbers!!AhDoodieClaire - 12 suspensions and downed videos totaling 491 videos removed! LanAstaslem - 3 suspensions, 238 videos removed. SIT – sniper videos – don’t have figures yet JSDotd -  30 out of 31 down for Dec. total of 216 to date -  88.5% SMACKDOWN It has taken over a year and a half to assemble the arms and legs of this project to make it the success it is today....

We've got lots to be thankful for from the month of November -- you guys and all your "Wacky smacking" reaped a whirlwind of successes!!  Let's check some stats, shall we?JSDotd 26 videos smacked down in November for a total of 186  since May 1. A SMACKDOWN percent of 86.7%Gnat Masterson  74 of 105 gnats/ratts/snakes = 71% Smacked Down SIT – 25 videos and one suspension!We had 229 individual videos smacked down! (still counting)DoTheDhue  and theThe Pajamahideen Wacky Smacker’s – on the first round we had 100% success!!November 2008 Results: 50 Suspensions 1516 videos were removed from YouTube: (large bombs...

In 2006, Thailand announced it was blocking access to YouTube for anyone with a Thai I.P address, and then identified 20 offensive videos for Google to remove as a condition of unblocking the site. ‘If your whole game is to increase market share,’ says Lawrence Lessig, speaking of Google, ‘it’s hard to . . . gather data in ways that don’t raise privacy concerns or in ways that might help repressive governments to block controversial content.’ In March of last year, Nicole Wong, the deputy general counsel of Google, was notified that there had been a precipitous drop in activity...

Welcome to the November thread (finally!!) Thank you all for being so patient with us - our main organizing force had a little mini-vacation right at the end of October and was unavailable for reporting...and add to that the "excitement" that we've had with the hirabists uploading as many anti-Semitic videos as they can and it's been a little crazy around the Smackdown crew!  First I'd like to say that you guys are the absolute best of the best, and I (and the rest of the group) appreciate your help more than you know.  I know a few of you...

Happy October!We've had quite a fantastic September despite a computer crash in the Smackdown Crew and a database crash here at FR!  We continued the gnat smackage on the weekends, and again, had good success....A few notes of interest:jSDotd knocked down 29 videos in September and has reached a total of 131 since May first with a total SMACKDOWN percentage of 85.6%!  w00t!!And we'd like to specially mention a couple of our behind-the-scenes supporters:Vintage Electronics who regularly contributes leads including brahimmec (662)http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=AhDoodieClaire has 1089 active videos listed in her playlists currently - a VERY easy way to log in to...

Well, so, there's been this database outage and I know John Robinson is working really hard to fix it...but in the meantime we can't find our thread.  So, hopefully this will be a temporary thread until the other one comes back -- or -- we could be here for the remainder of the month.  We'll see what makes the most sense when everything is back running smoothly.  As always, here's a shout out to all our Smackdown friends working with us - we make a heck of a team! YouTube Smackdown jihadiSMACKDOWNofthedaySTOP INTERNET TERRORISTSI Will Not Submit!SMACKDOWN TerrorKane Kaizer's LegionnairesMablung's YouTube...

We're finally here with the August totals!  w00t!  Thanks for your patience - one computer crash can sure drive ya nuts huh?  YouTube has still been reticent to enforce their policiesbut we have not let it deter us from our mission.  In August, we began going after "gnats" on the weekend - those pesky little hirabists who only have a few videos on their channels, and we were VERY successful with them -- out of 117 we went after, we got 88 down!  That's 75%!!   A couple other statistics of interest... jSDotd knocked down 29 videos in August.  Has reached...

Well, what can I say... it seems that You Tube doesn't really believe their own press....  I'd like to remind us all of YouTube's policy enforcement -- in their own words...  General Policy Enforcement Information How do we implement YouTube's content policies?The standard of behavior we expect of YouTube users is set out in our Community Guidelines. If a user posts a video or otherwise behaves on the site contrary to these Guidelines, we will generally remove the offending material, and apply a Community Guidelines warning strike against the account of the poster. These strikes stick with the accounts belonging...

I thought that May was incredible (and it was!) but June was every bit as successful of a mission.  We flew our Smackdown bomber for 30 days and had some extremely accurate take-downs!   (Thank you once again for the  Bomber pic, alfa6!)  It does my American heart good to know that we are not sitting back and letting these hirabis own YouTube without opposition.  Thank you so much!!!   I know you guys are going to be as excited about these results as I am...so here goes!June 2008 Results:43 Suspensions With those 43 suspensions, 1282 videos were removed from YouTube: (large...

 May was another terrific month for smacking down the terrorist wannabe's on YouTube.  Thanks to a little publicity from Sen. Joe (yes there IS a Democrat who has a brain) Lieberman and a lot of stick-to-it-iveness by you all , we had a lot of traction and nailed a lot of these jerks.  Thank you, thank you, thank you!! Our Smackdown Bomber flew for the entire month of May -- that's 31 days.  (Thanks for the great Bomber pic, alfa6!)  The "Smackdowns" are removal of specific videos and the "Suspensions" are the removal of users -- a suspension can result...

I just want to say that you guys are awesome!  We had a GREAT month in April - and I'm here to give you the full results.... Our Smackdown Bomber flew from April 12 thru 30 -- that's a total of 18 days for those of you in Rio Linda.  (Thanks for the great Bomber pic, alfa6!)  The "Smackdowns" are removal of specific videos and the "Suspensions" are the removal of users -- a suspension can result in many, many terrorist videos being taken down as most users have more than one video posted.  So without further ado...April 12 - 30,...

So you think you're too old, too fat, too something to do anything against the terrorists?  I've got news for you...  if you'll give me 10 minutes out of your day, every day, I can show you how you can really make a difference.... Here's the deal... Terrorists post snuff videos, sniper videos, calls for jihad and all manner of nasty stuff on the internet in order to lure more young skulls full of mush into working for or with them.  A lot of these videos are hosted at YouTube, of all places.  YouTube's policy is that they will only...