YouTube Erases 'War Crimes', Preserves Cat Videos
YouTube has reportedly purged hundreds of videos depicting alleged Israeli war crimes in Gaza and the West Bank, citing 'community guidelines.' While platforms eagerly ban content deemed 'misinformation' about less convenient topics, the visual record of state violence seems to be next on the chopping block. (Perhaps it's too 'graphic' to show what US-funded weapons are actually doing.) This isn't
new; media outlets routinely downplay or ignore such documentation. When Rep. Brad Sherman, who received over $120,000 from pro-Israel groups in 2022 according to OpenSecrets, insists on unquestioning support, one might wonder whose 'community' guidelines are truly being enforced. One might also wonder if this type of content removal isn't just another form of information warfare, sanitizing the
grim realities of conflict for a Western audience.