October 30, 2009

Bummer, Freepers Become Frustrated at Youtube

You know the Youtube smackdown crew has been very productive over the last two years. With tens of thousands of terrorist propaganda vids remove from Youtube. Hundreds of terrorist supporting users have been suspended.

Just look at these numbers from September

27 users suspended totaling 2,142 videos

An additional 92 videos smacked down from daily playlists

jSDotd had 8 videos downed in September...

It all adds up to.....2242 hirabist videos removed in September!

Well that's great but despite the best efforts of everyone involved it is frustrating to see videos remain, users who have had dozens of videos removed, yet Youtube does not suspend them.

Its quite frustrating and I can understand that. I mean how many times have the Jawas taken down the Taliban websites only to see them pop back up over and over elsewhere. But we still burn them on a regular basis, when just when they get confident and least expect it.

Today the freepers decided they are going to strike.

YouTube's lackadaisical application of their TOS is offensive. The flagrant abuse of YouTube's service is an outrage. The tacit support of the islamists through failure to remove calls for violent jihad, is criminal. We have made YouTube aware of the issue, they know those videos support violent jihad, yet do nothing. They have become a party to any deaths that occur due to the radicalization of muslim youth.

We have come to the conclusion that without more pressure, YouTube won't change. We will continue fighting both the jihadists and YouTube. So, until YouTube gets it's act together, the Free Republic SMACKDOWN Crew won't be helping to take out the trash. Take out your own trash, YouTube.

No the point is to meet the terrorists online. To challenge them, to humiliate them, to show they are weak. They use the internet to gain an air of legitimacy and power. Its our job to disrupt that aim as much as possible. To show them for what they are, losers, The Cyber Jihad of Losers in Mommy's Basement.

While I do understand the frustration that comes with our efforts to counter and call attention to online terrorist activity, I feel that stopping those efforts even for a short time is not going to help matters. Someone needs to challenge the terrorists online presence always and the Jawas will never ever ever stop doing that.

I would hope the Smackdown crew would take a deep breath, realize how much they have accomplished (its incredible really), and vow to continue to challenge the online Jihad.

You must learn to "let go" and use the force. Use what time you have and do what you can. And the rest of it you just have to accept. None of us are supermen or super women, but we are damned sure are a force to be reckoned with. I've admire the efforts this group has made, the force is strong with them.

Look at the number of Jihadi's we've pissed off, frustrated, humiliated, etc. etc. and that's really what its all about. That's the reward we get, its pretty damned satisfying if you ask me. Think a little more about what you have done and less about the task that remains.