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| Government reveals scale of online fight against jihadist propaganda | Government reveals scale of online fight against jihadist propaganda |
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| As many as 15,000 items of "jihadist propaganda" have been taken down from the internet due to government pressure since December 2013, the prime minister's spokeswoman has said. | As many as 15,000 items of "jihadist propaganda" have been taken down from the internet due to government pressure since December 2013, the prime minister's spokeswoman has said. |
| She revealed that the British government was pressing YouTube to take down a video posted three days ago by a Cardiff-born man now in Syria calling for fellow British Muslims to join the war in Syria. She said the video should not be hosted by YouTube. Parts of the video have also be hosted by a number of news websites including Mail Online and the Telegraph. | |
| The scale of the government activity may reflect an increase in British government monitoring or alternatively an increase in the number of such videos being posted in the UK. Either way it represents a huge logistical problem for the government. | The scale of the government activity may reflect an increase in British government monitoring or alternatively an increase in the number of such videos being posted in the UK. Either way it represents a huge logistical problem for the government. |
| Nasser Muthana, a 20-year-old medical student, can be seen in the Syria video wearing a white turban and claiming that the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (Isis), has fighters from as far afield as Cambodia, Australia and the UK. | |
| His family, from the Cardiff area, said he had travelled to join the conflict with younger brother Aseel, 17. Their father, Ahmed Muthana, has said he is "heartbroken" that his sons left the UK to fight in Syria, and told the Guardian that they had "betrayed Great Britain". | His family, from the Cardiff area, said he had travelled to join the conflict with younger brother Aseel, 17. Their father, Ahmed Muthana, has said he is "heartbroken" that his sons left the UK to fight in Syria, and told the Guardian that they had "betrayed Great Britain". |
| A YouTube spokesman said: "YouTube has clear policies prohibiting violent content or content intended to incite violence, and we remove videos violating these policies when flagged by our users. We also terminate any account registered by a member of a designated foreign terrorist organisation and used in an official capacity to further its interests. | |
| "We allow videos posted with a clear news or documentary purpose to remain on YouTube, applying warnings and age-restrictions as appropriate." | |
| A Twitter spokesman said it did not actively monitor content on the platform but its rules "prohibit the publication or posting of direct, specific threats of violence against others or any unlawful use". |