Name: Anonymous 2008-12-12 16:51
http://www.adl.org/PresRele/Internet_75/5416_75.htm
YouTube Taps ADL As Partner In Fight Against Hate
New York, NY, December 11, 2008 … YouTube has reached out to the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) for its expertise in dealing with hate on the Internet. In one outgrowth of that partnership, the League is now a contributor to YouTube's newly launched Abuse & Safety Center, where users are empowered to identify and confront hate, and to report abuses.
The YouTube Abuse & Safety Center features information and links to resources developed by ADL to help Internet users respond to and report offensive material and extremist content that violates YouTube's Community Guidelines on hate speech.
"YouTube is an incredible tool for sharing videos and giving individuals an opportunity to broadcast themselves, but like other social networking sites it can be abused or used for sinister and dangerous purposes," said Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director. "There are those who may try to exploit the technology to spread racism, anti-Semitism and other forms of hate."
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They're trying to turn the Internet into a mirror version of television, in other words turn it into a wasteland of celebrity worship and wipe out all of it's potential as a medium for informing and educating.
Second source: http://www.stormfront.org/forum/showthread.php?t=550721
YouTube Taps ADL As Partner In Fight Against Hate
New York, NY, December 11, 2008 … YouTube has reached out to the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) for its expertise in dealing with hate on the Internet. In one outgrowth of that partnership, the League is now a contributor to YouTube's newly launched Abuse & Safety Center, where users are empowered to identify and confront hate, and to report abuses.
The YouTube Abuse & Safety Center features information and links to resources developed by ADL to help Internet users respond to and report offensive material and extremist content that violates YouTube's Community Guidelines on hate speech.
"YouTube is an incredible tool for sharing videos and giving individuals an opportunity to broadcast themselves, but like other social networking sites it can be abused or used for sinister and dangerous purposes," said Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director. "There are those who may try to exploit the technology to spread racism, anti-Semitism and other forms of hate."
[...]
They're trying to turn the Internet into a mirror version of television, in other words turn it into a wasteland of celebrity worship and wipe out all of it's potential as a medium for informing and educating.
Second source: http://www.stormfront.org/forum/showthread.php?t=550721