Posted on 03/15/2010 6:14:48 AM PDT by StarCMC
Well, wacky smackers, it's been a while. The Smackdown Crew went on strike for a
while because YouTube was not upholding their end of the "community policing" policies they had in place so we went on "strike." We were having increasing troubles getting terrorist videos removed from YouTube, even as we were noting several people that we had flagged becoming ever more bold and aggressive in breaking executive orders.
As some of you know, the Smackdown Crew began working from a different angle. There were several threads posted here at FreeRepublic and elsewhere that showed a direct link from YouTube's hosted videos to known terrorist websites. Many of the people who post the terrorist sympathizing videos at YouTube are following the admonitions of the well-know cleric Al-Awlaki. (For more on Al-Awlaki's encouraging of terrorist activites read here.) Despite YouTube's recalcitrance, the recent "lone wolf" tactic of al Qaeda causes us to once again fully engage, with or without YouTube's help.
We want to thank you all for your encouragement and participation all these past months which resulted in thousands of videos removed, and ultimately in the apprehension of YouTube's JihadJane in the terror plot to murder a cartoonist. As Internet Haganah said, "The work of removing individual videos from YouTube, while tedious, is of enormous value..." We believe that YouTube might be taking it's job of removing terrorist material from their servers a little more seriously. As such, we'd like to test the waters a bit and see if it's advisable to return to a daily "smacking" routine. I am pinging everyone from the old "Smackdown" pinglist. If you'd like to added or removed, please let me know - it is not my wish to annoy any of you.
As of now, our smacking lists will be fairly short, and we will evaluate the effectiveness of the campaigns regularly. If YouTube proves reticent to uphold their terms of service, we will desist once again. It is not our wish to waste your precious time!
Let's Roll!
As a reminder, here are the steps to flagging:
(H/T to rawcatslyentist)
#1) If you don’t have a YouTube account, go sign up for one. You don’t have to use it for anything but this.
#2) Click one of the videos in the playlist, let it start and then click the pause button on the player so you don’t have to actually watch the propaganda if you choose not to..
#3) Below the video, click “Flag"
#4) Choose "Select a Reason"
#5) "Violent or Repulsive Content" works for most.
#6) If not violent, choose "Hateful or Abusive Content"
#7) Next, "promotes hatred or violence"
#8) Where it says “please indicate the group attacked” choose National Origin.
#9) Where it says “provide additional information” type or copy/paste in the below statement and then at the very bottom click "Flag This Video"
Providing services to terrorists violates executive orders 12947 and 13224.
ONE MORE THING...a hat tip to others who are working with us...
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irhaby1000 (13)
Sunnatullah90 (50)
IbnSalihalKurdi (40)
All but the first video are down.
Can’t wait to share the big fish we got down yesterday! w00t w00t!!
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AlQuranWaAlAhadeeth (398)
Number seven on the list has been taken private.
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none
5 out of 6 gone. Last one on list still up.
Yesterday was a good day!!
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fallujah500 (19)
salamtaliban1 (71)
TalibanMujahideen (6)
What does it mean when it says ratings have been disabled for this video?
It just means that when that person uploaded the video, they chose NOT to allow people to use the 5 star rating system to rate the videos. It must be a slam on their sensibilities when normal people only give them a one-star, so in true cowardly fashion they sometimes disable the ratings.
Some good news in Post 205. Some interesting comments by StarCMC are in between these posts so read the thread posts for that up lifting feeling. We are making progress.
And today's, Wednesday, May 12 SmackDown List
Thanks Star for keeping us posted. Can't wait for the tally.
[Mr] T
1 thru 4 and 6 are already removed.
Thanks for checking them out. And good deal on so many being smacked down.
If no one got in there to check them out with the intent of smacking them down, they all could be still up.
Please keep checking. Star puts up a new list every day.
[Mr] T
Thanks for all your help!!!!!
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PRAWDA91 (69)
StudentOfWisdom1 (6)
maafiaa2000 (10)
Thanks for the ping.
“Draw Mohammad Day” - - May 20, 2010 - Draw for freedom - draw for your childrens freedom.
Sounds great.
I heard that the recant NYC bombing was in front of Viacom, the producers of South Park.
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