14 DAY TRIAL // Following the recent videos published on YouTube showing Philippine extremists linked to al-Qaida, the local authorities decided to get involved and is now looking to collaborate with the Mountain View company to delete the clips. If you didn't know, several videos showing terrorists training camps and several leaders raising money or looking for new recruits were published on YouTube and made the tour of the world in just a few hours.
Today, Inquirer.net reports that the Philippine military wants to work with the YouTube representatives to remove all the videos. According to the same source, Lieutenant Colonel Ariel Caculitan, the spokesman of the Philippine Marines, will talk with the Google officials to present the government's decisions.
"We would try to make some effort to address the website management to stop this. These are considered terrorists [and] by allowing this propaganda by getting support from other [people or groups] globally, it's not a good thing for us," the Military official said according to Inquirer.Net.
As I said when it was first reported that terrorists videos appeared on YouTube, these clips are very dangerous for all of us because the video sharing's audience is especially based on teenagers or young consumers, so the impact could be quite powerful. As the terrorists were looking for new recruits, some of the viewers might be attracted by the offer.
YouTube was acquired in October 2006 for $1.65 billion and since then, the online video sharing platform grew a lot, becoming the top solution in its category. It was proved several times that YouTube tends to become a real video encyclopedia as you can find almost any kind of clip published on the page. For example, you can find lots of tutorials or Hot Twos published in a special category available on YouTube.