Facebook and YouTube use automation to remove extremist videos, sources say
by Reuters from Technology | The Guardian on (#1JBTA)
Video-sharing websites are taking down Isis videos and other violent propaganda with technology used to remove copyright-protected material
Some of the web's biggest destinations for watching videos have quietly started using automation to remove extremist content from their sites, according to two people familiar with the process.
The move is a major step forward for internet companies that are eager to eradicate violent propaganda from their sites and are under pressure to do so from governments around the world as attacks by extremists proliferate, from Syria to Belgium and the United States.
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