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YouTube to Ban Videos Promoting Gun Sales

Mar 23, 2018  •  Post A Comment

“YouTube said this week that it would tighten restrictions on some firearm videos, its latest policy announcement since coming under scrutiny after last month’s mass shooting at a high school in Parkland, Fla.,” The New York Times reports. “The video-streaming service, which is owned by Google, said it would ban videos that promote either the construction or sale of firearms and their accessories. The new policy, developed with expert advice over the last four months, will go into effect next month, it said.”

In a statement, YouTube said: “While we’ve long prohibited the sale of firearms, we recently notified creators of updates we will be making around content promoting the sale or manufacture of firearms and their accessories, specifically, items like ammunition, gatling triggers, and drop-in auto sears.”

The Times adds: “YouTube, which described the move as part of ‘regular changes’ to policy, notified users in a Monday forum post. The company had previously banned videos showing how to make firearms discharge faster, a technique used by the gunman who killed 58 people in Las Vegas last fall.”

The report notes that the announcement comes just ahead of student-led protests against gun violence planned for Saturday.

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  1. I’d say it should depend on content(i.e straight up promoting – nope, but if it’s historical/training content like ForgottenWeapons for example – Loved video on history of 22 rifles https://gritrsports.com/shooting/firearms/rifles/22-rifles/ like some of those. Then it’s okay to have it on the platform).

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