Posted October 9, 2017 2:15 pm by Comments

By Erika Haas

In the wake of the Las Vegas shooing, YouTube has banned all videos demonstrating how to modify firearms so that they can fire in more rapid succession.

More specifically, the site has taken down all content explaining how to install “bump stocks,” the device used by the Vegas shooter when he opened fire on a crowd of Route 91 Festival-goers, leaving 58 dead and over 500 more injured.

“We have long had a policy against harmful and dangerous content,” a spokesman for YouTube said, reports The Telegraph. “In the wake of the recent tragedy in Las Vegas, we have taken a closer look at videos that demonstrate how to convert firearms to make them fire more quickly and we’ve expanded our existing policy to prohibit these videos.”

The policy change is likely more of a strategic business move than a real effort to combat violence.

Back in March, the Google-owned site lost millions when a number of major advertisers, including AT&T, Verizon, Pepsi, Walmart and Johnson & Johnson, pulled their ads after they reportedly appeared along side videos promoting hate, violence and even terrorism.

You can imagine a similar uproar right now if a company’s ad popped up next to a video on …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms

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