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YouTube defends video that falsely claims Sydney massacre survivor is ‘crisis actor’
YouTube defended a video falsely labeling a Bondi massacre survivor a 'crisis actor,' facing commission scrutiny as only 37% of violating posts were removed, officials said.
- A YouTube video falsely claimed that Arsen Ostrovsky, a wounded survivor of a Sydney antisemitic massacre, was a crisis actor, and the video remained online after review by Google Australia manager Rachel Lord.
- After the massacre, Ostrovsky faced online hate, abuse, vilification, and AI manipulation, including an AI-generated image falsely depicting him with makeup or fake blood.
- The massacre was allegedly carried out by father and son shooters inspired by the Islamic State group.
- Rachel Lord stated that the decision to keep the video online was reviewed at senior levels and that YouTube continually re-evaluates its hate speech guidelines, despite criticism from a lawyer at the inquiry.
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Google defends ‘crisis actor’ video in Australia
A Google executive told an Australian inquiry that a video smearing a shooting survivor as a “crisis actor” meets YouTube’s standards. So it stays online. Google has defended keeping up a conspiracy video about a mass shooting in Sydney, the Associated Press reports. The clip falsely paints a wounded survivor of the antisemitic massacre as […] This story continues at The Next Web
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YouTube defends video that falsely claims Sydney massacre survivor is 'crisis actor'
A Google executive has told an inquiry that a YouTube video that falsely claims a wounded survivor of an antisemitic massacre in Sydney is a crisis actor blooded with makeup met the platform’s standards and would remain online.
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Total News Sources16
Leaning Left7Leaning Right4Center5Last UpdatedBias Distribution44% Left
Bias Distribution
- 44% of the sources lean Left
44% Left
L 44%
C 31%
R 25%
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