Post by Enter Nations on Mar 22, 2018 15:12:22 GMT
YouTube prohibits instructional videos on how to make firearms
As the debate over guns intensifies, the world's largest video site pulls out publications that show how to assemble a weapon or sell certain accessories.
YouTube is taking more aggressive measures against the videos of firearms published on its site.
People will no longer be able to see or watch videos showing how to put together a firearm or where certain accessories related to firearms are sold, including potholes and large capacity loaders. The company had already banned videos that were trying to sell firearms.
YouTube silently updated its policy on its Web site on Monday, according to Bloomberg , who reported for the first time on the new rules.
YouTube is the largest video service in the world and gun enthusiasts have used the site over the years. But the company, which is owned by Google, has been criticized for allowing certain videos about weapons.
YouTube's decision to adjust restrictions on weapons videos comes amid growing tension around the gun debate in the United States. After 17 people died last month in the shooting in Parkland, Florida, anti-gun activists have been pushing technology companies to do more about controlling them.
"YouTube prohibits certain types of content with firearms," the company now says on its Web site . This includes providing "instructions on the manufacture of firearms, high-powered chargers, ammunition, homemade silencers / suppressors or certain accessories for firearms ... This also includes instructions on how to convert firearms into automatic or simulated capabilities of firearms. automatic shots. "
YouTube did not respond to a request for comments.
As the debate over guns intensifies, the world's largest video site pulls out publications that show how to assemble a weapon or sell certain accessories.
YouTube is taking more aggressive measures against the videos of firearms published on its site.
People will no longer be able to see or watch videos showing how to put together a firearm or where certain accessories related to firearms are sold, including potholes and large capacity loaders. The company had already banned videos that were trying to sell firearms.
YouTube silently updated its policy on its Web site on Monday, according to Bloomberg , who reported for the first time on the new rules.
YouTube is the largest video service in the world and gun enthusiasts have used the site over the years. But the company, which is owned by Google, has been criticized for allowing certain videos about weapons.
YouTube's decision to adjust restrictions on weapons videos comes amid growing tension around the gun debate in the United States. After 17 people died last month in the shooting in Parkland, Florida, anti-gun activists have been pushing technology companies to do more about controlling them.
"YouTube prohibits certain types of content with firearms," the company now says on its Web site . This includes providing "instructions on the manufacture of firearms, high-powered chargers, ammunition, homemade silencers / suppressors or certain accessories for firearms ... This also includes instructions on how to convert firearms into automatic or simulated capabilities of firearms. automatic shots. "
YouTube did not respond to a request for comments.
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