A man allegedly murdered his father in the US state of Pennsylvania and then posted a brutal video of the victim’s severed head online. According to a statement from the responsible law enforcement agency, the crime took place on Tuesday evening (local time) in the city of Levittown, about a 40-minute drive from Philadelphia. Police arrested the 32-year-old suspect early Wednesday.
US media reported that the 14-minute video was available on YouTube for hours and was viewed more than 5,000 times before it was removed from the online platform. The alleged perpetrator is supposed to hold up a clear plastic bag that apparently contains a severed head.
The victim had worked for the government
The man identified himself by his full name, repeated conspiracy theories from the right-wing spectrum and called his father a traitor because he worked for the government. According to the reports, he also made threats against several US federal agencies and made negative comments about US President Joe Biden.
According to the police, the video played a role in the search for the suspected perpetrator. After his arrest, he was charged with, among other things, murder and desecration of corpses.
The YouTube Critic
However, YouTube must be wondering why the cruel video wasn’t removed from the platform sooner. A spokesperson for the video platform Google told the New York Times that the video had been removed from the Internet because it violated YouTube’s guidelines on depicting violence. In addition, the suspect’s channel was closed for violating violent extremism guidelines. Now we make sure that the video is not uploaded again.
When monitoring user-uploaded videos, YouTube relies largely on algorithms that flag guideline or copyright violations and prevent the content from appearing. Many YouTube employees are also involved in the check, for example when users complain about offensive content or want to undo an incorrect block.
According to the company, YouTube removed more than 10.5 million channels and more than 8.1 million videos between July and September last year. According to YouTube, more than 95 percent of deleted videos were initially flagged by automated systems.
Source: Krone
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