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| YouTube pulls Columbine videos | YouTube pulls Columbine videos |
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| YouTube has removed a number of videos glorifying the Columbine High School killers, after a BBC investigation. | YouTube has removed a number of videos glorifying the Columbine High School killers, after a BBC investigation. |
| Videos found on the site praised Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold - also known as "Reb" and "Vodka" - for carrying out the shooting, in which 13 people died. | |
| The killings near Denver, Colorado nine years ago, were romanticised in some of the videos which have now been removed. | The killings near Denver, Colorado nine years ago, were romanticised in some of the videos which have now been removed. |
| A YouTube spokesman said the volume of content submitted meant not all can be checked before reaching the site. | A YouTube spokesman said the volume of content submitted meant not all can be checked before reaching the site. |
| Romanticise | Romanticise |
| The Six O'clock News has discovered that nine years on from America's worst high school shooting there is a thriving online community obsessed with teenage gunmen Harris and Klebold. | The Six O'clock News has discovered that nine years on from America's worst high school shooting there is a thriving online community obsessed with teenage gunmen Harris and Klebold. |
| Many tribute videos found on YouTube romanticise the killers who shot 12 pupils, a teacher and wounded 23 others before shooting themselves. | Many tribute videos found on YouTube romanticise the killers who shot 12 pupils, a teacher and wounded 23 others before shooting themselves. |
| The BBC's investigation found it is not only American teenagers who are fascinated with the Columbine killers. | The BBC's investigation found it is not only American teenagers who are fascinated with the Columbine killers. |
| One 17-year-old video maker called Levi, from the North of England, said: "I made the video to raise awareness and I in no way shape or form meant it to look like that [a glorification of the killers]. | One 17-year-old video maker called Levi, from the North of England, said: "I made the video to raise awareness and I in no way shape or form meant it to look like that [a glorification of the killers]. |
| "I wanted to show different sides of them, the personal sides of them, rather than glorifying it. I wanted to let people see behind the killers and see they were real people."Twelve pupils and one teacher were killed, and 23 people injured | "I wanted to show different sides of them, the personal sides of them, rather than glorifying it. I wanted to let people see behind the killers and see they were real people."Twelve pupils and one teacher were killed, and 23 people injured |
| Levi's video was one which the BBC showed YouTube - a team of moderators then removed it because it breached the site's guidelines. | Levi's video was one which the BBC showed YouTube - a team of moderators then removed it because it breached the site's guidelines. |
| YouTube, which is owned by Google, said it was grateful to the BBC for bringing the videos to its attention. | YouTube, which is owned by Google, said it was grateful to the BBC for bringing the videos to its attention. |
| Peter Barron, Head of Communication for Google UK, owners of the site said: "We do not tolerate videos that glorify school shootings and have removed the videos that fall into that category". | Peter Barron, Head of Communication for Google UK, owners of the site said: "We do not tolerate videos that glorify school shootings and have removed the videos that fall into that category". |
| Morality | Morality |
| Mr Barron said it was impossible to pre-moderate the huge volume of material (13 hours every minute) which YouTube receives, and it relies on their users to flag up videos that need reviewing. | Mr Barron said it was impossible to pre-moderate the huge volume of material (13 hours every minute) which YouTube receives, and it relies on their users to flag up videos that need reviewing. |
| But Brian Rohrbough, whose 15-year-old son Danny died in the massacre, said he was worried about the effect such videos had on teenagers. | But Brian Rohrbough, whose 15-year-old son Danny died in the massacre, said he was worried about the effect such videos had on teenagers. |
| He said: "YouTube should maintain a certain degree of morality. A picture of my son lying dead in the sidewalk was used in a music video [not on YouTube] almost immediately after Columbine. | He said: "YouTube should maintain a certain degree of morality. A picture of my son lying dead in the sidewalk was used in a music video [not on YouTube] almost immediately after Columbine. |
| "This is the type of thing that our culture promotes." | "This is the type of thing that our culture promotes." |