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Al-Qaida Raising Money Through YouTube

Google's video service used as funding platform

By Bogdan Popa, Security and Search Engines Editor

15th of October 2007, 19:31 GMT

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It's not a curiosity to hear that YouTube is being used as a funding platform but when you also pronounce the name of al-Qaida it quickly turns into something frightening. It seems like the al-Qaida extremists who posted several clips on Google's video sharing platforms received lots of funds but nobody can discover their

source. According to Indiatimes Infotech, the government has evidence about money redirected to the Abu Sayyaf group but there is no proof that these funds were used for terrorist attacks. In case you didn't hear, the Philippines extremists published clips on YouTube looking for new recruits and money from other organizations around the world.

The authorities confirmed that terrorists received funds after the clips appeared on the web but avoided offering more details as this is an extremely dangerous situation.

"The money arrived after the (group) uploaded on the Internet the video of the late Janjalani brothers (Abdurajak Janjalani and Khadaffy Janjalani, both slain in police and military operations) seeking material and financial support," police spokesman Chief Superintendent Samuel Pagdilao said according to the source mentioned above.

This is not the first time when Google is involved into terrorist activities, obviously indirectly, although the company had nothing to do with the extremist groups. In the past, it was reported that terrorists created lots of AdSense accounts in order to earn money using web-based techniques. What was more interesting was that they were using some malicious solutions which were actually based on click-fraud to generate automated clicks and impressions. As I'm sure you know, AdSense gives money to registered consumers, allowing them to increase their funds every time a visitor clicks on an advert provided by Google.

However, there was nothing confirmed so it was probably only another piece of fake news concerning the Mountain View super giant. Moreover, it's well known the fact that Google strives to discover click-fraud and to stop it just after it occurs in order to keep the advertising platform safe.

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