Et Tu, YouTube?

September 23, 2006 Hypocrisy At Its Finest, YouTube Comments

My friend, CRUSADER18, has been summarily banned from YouTube and his videos pulled. The reason? “Your video “US Marines vs Insurgents -Fallujah-” has been rejected due to its inappropriate nature.”

Huh? You’ve GOT to be kidding me!

There are TONS of anti-American and pro-Jihadi videos on YT, so why are they banning Crusader18? I’m urging all of my readers to email YouTube at service@youtube.com regarding their hypocricy, support for Al Qaeda recruitment videos, but punishment of anti-Jihad videos such as those previously posted by Crusader18.

Here’s what Crusader18 has on his blog:

Crusader18 User Account suspended by YouTube

That’s right, don’t bother clicking the links to videos by Crusader18 below, because they no longer work. YT users AbuMustafa and Jihad4u remain as do most of the YT jihadists. Most of those who oppose them have been suspended, and surely more will follow. That’s That. Stand By, and as I find a new server, I will be re-uploading. Until then, please enjoy the letter of suspension, and the letter I sent in response, to YouTube

>From: YouTube Service
>To: Yours Truly
>Subject: Account Disabled: Inappropriate Video Content
>Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2006 19:51:23 -0700 (PDT)
>
>Your video “US Marines vs Insurgents -Fallujah-” has been rejected due to its inappropriate nature. Due to your repeated attempts to upload inappropriate videos, your account has now been permanently disabled and your videos have been taken down. If you feel your account has been disabled in error, please contact us to explain why.
>
>Please refer to our terms of use (http://www.youtube.com/t/terms) for more information on what video material is not permitted on YouTube.
>
>- The YouTube Team

To: service@youtube.com

CC:eason.jordan@turner.com, community@cnn.com, waronterror@foxnews.com, HANNITY@FOXNEWS.COM, foxnewsonline@foxnews.com, letters@usatoday.com, OREILLY@FOXNEWS.COM, voicers@edit.nydailynews.com, news@edit.nydailynews.com, letters@nypost.com

Subject:RE: Account Disabled: Inappropriate Video Content

Re:User account CRUSADER18

Dear Sir/Madame,

I have been a YouTube member for 8 months I have over 130 videos, and nearly 3/4 of a million views on them. My Channel has over 17,200 views, and 200 subscribers which for a blogger, and someone who isn’t a “YT Star” is pretty impressive. With as many views as I have had, and as many videos I have uploaded and shared, naturally I picked up my share of trolls. There is something wrong with your system, or one of your administrators is “gaming” me, and I will point you to the evidence: My first original video received over 30,000 views, and approx. 450 ratings.(average 4 1/2 stars) My next 8 original videos received roughly the same ratings average, 4 1/2 stars, but since they were viewed less, had far fewer ratings, but roughly a proportionate number compared to the first, as far as ratings to views.

When you look at the ratings of my last two original videos, #11 (A Tribute to 9/11) and #12(A blog about the recent uproar over the pope) The #11 received THREE times as many ratings as the 1st original that had over 30,000 views, and they were Nearly ALL one star, yet the views were less than 1/7 of the 1st. Strange, don’t you think? Over 1,000 1 star ratings ratings for a 9/11 tribute, with less than 5000 views…While I received numerous Death Threats, for the #1 original(30,000 views), from YT users whom I reported, and are STILL active Accounts, “Currysoup64″ to name one…The ratings as I said were 4 1/2 stars, and only about 475. I have been singled out, and Suspended in error. Several of my uploads that YT had rejected were Music Videos, which I sent you several correspondences about wondering what was wrong with the system, and why it had rejected them. I get Trolled and flagged by users who are jealous or just plain haters, so then is YT to become a Popularity contest? YouTube Users AbuMustafa, Jihad4u, and Several others, have Catalogues of videos showing the killing of US Soldiers and Marines, and terrorist propaganda videos, put out by al Qaeda, Islamic Jihad, and the other terror organizations, to recruit young Muslims for use as suicide bombers.(AbuMustafa’s profile icon, is in fact, a Suicide bomber, as shown moments before he blew himself up Killing several soldier and civilians at a checkpoint.

The Particular video, put out by al Qaeda to recruit More Suicide bombers, is considered by them, to be their Most Successful recruiting video, and in fact, the User describes it in those terms. And yet His profile remains. What is the difference? Except that I am American, and what I posted wasn’t illegal in any way, while His videos in fact Are. YT users are forced to endured videos of American Soldiers being Blasted 100 feet in the air, while their bodies are torn apart, and then read comments from Ghouls who celebrate this, while I have for the very most part tried to express my opinions, and Blog the news in a much more moderate, and respectful fashion. View the “offending” video, for which I was suspended. There isn’t a drop of blood, or a dead body in it. The video is primarily an interview with a young Marine Sgt. in Iraq. It received over 10,000 views, and 22 ratings. None of the comments as I recall expressed any one’s “Offense” over the content.

I will expect to hear back from an actual person on this, this time, I have attempted to contact YT several times in the past over incidents Just like this. Video rejections that weren’t in violation of terms of use.(Pat Benatar and Tom Jones Videos were rejected…Understand?) Others of mine which you rejected, remain posted by several other users. I have been gamed. My Last Vid got less than 2000 views, and 600+ 1 star ratings. Someone has targeted me, either in Your office, or outside, with software designed just for this purpose. YouTube Suspended me in Error. Please reinstate.
Regards,

PS-I have taken the liberty of CCing all major news outlets, because I feel that while I am just one person that has been effected, what has been transpiring at YouTube as far as your allowing access to viewing video communiques from banned terrorist organizations which this country is at war with, constitutes a possible breach in National security, and it is certainly allowing recruiters for these terrorist organizations access to impressionable minds they would not as easily have if your policies adhered to the laws pertaining to these acts. In none of my videos, even the ones rejected were there calls to war against anyone. Though Death threats to me personally aside, Illegal videos posted by Users AbuMustfa, Jihad4u, Currysoup64, and many others of there ilk do in fact constitute illegals acts. I’m sure you will give this your attention, and restore my account, and I will gladly send out your personal response to this email to the above CCed news agencies. the News agencies will be able to report that YouTube by suspending accounts that transmit terrorist recruiting videos and worse, has taken action to aid the US and her Allies in the War on Terrorism.

Please contact YouTube to voice your displeasure, and go to those pro-jihad pages of AbuMustfa, Jihad4u, Currysoup64, and others, and report them, request that they be banned. We are in a time of war, people, and you cannot recruit jihadists in this country. Free speech? Yeah, we got it. But you can’t yell “fire” in a crowded theater either.