{"id":2207721,"date":"2024-03-27T17:59:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-27T21:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/columbia-palestinian-resistance-event-violates-youtube-policy-against-promotion-of-terrorism-video-platform-says\/"},"modified":"2024-03-27T18:04:58","modified_gmt":"2024-03-27T22:04:58","slug":"columbia-palestinian-resistance-event-violates-youtube-policy-against-promotion-of-terrorism-video-platform-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/columbia-palestinian-resistance-event-violates-youtube-policy-against-promotion-of-terrorism-video-platform-says\/","title":{"rendered":"YouTube states that Columbia&#8217;s &#8216;Palestinian Resistance&#8217; event breaches its policy on endorsing terrorism"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcolumbia-palestinian-resistance-event-violates-youtube-policy-against-promotion-of-terrorism-video-platform-says%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2207721&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>YouTube informed \u2064the Free\u2062 Beacon that it removed their video of the &#8220;Palestinian Resistance 101&#8221; event at Columbia\u2063 University for violating its policy against promoting violent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/9-shot-during-a-wake-in-central-mexico\/\" title=\"9 shot during a wake in central Mexico\">criminal organizations<\/a>. The event featured speakers linked to terror groups praising violence against Jews. This action may\u200b prompt Columbia University to address the implications of the controversial event. \u200cYouTube took down the Free Beacon&#8217;s video of the &#8220;Palestinian Resistance 101&#8221; event at \u2063Columbia University for breaching its policy \u2062against endorsing violent criminal organizations. The event included speakers associated with terror groups who praised violence against Jews. This move might urge Columbia University to \u200cconfront the repercussions of the contentious event.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<h2>&#8216;Our team has reviewed your content, and, unfortunately, we think it violates our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/youtube-punishes-channel-for-harmful-and-dangerous-video-quoting-hillary-clinton\/\" title=\"YouTube penalizes channel for quoting Hillary Clinton in 'harmful' video.\">violent criminal organizations policy<\/a>,&#8217; YouTube tells Free Beacon<\/h2>\n<figure><figcaption> \t\t\t\t(Screenshot)\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>YouTube removed a <em>Washington Free Beacon<\/em> video of a &#8220;Palestinian Resistance 101&#8221; event held at Columbia University, with the platform saying the video violates its policy that bars users from praising, promoting, or aiding terrorists.<\/p>\n<p>The Sunday event, which was hosted by the student group Columbia University Apartheid Divest, <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/campus\/at-columbia-an-israeli-designated-terror-group-teaches-palestinian-resistance-101-and-lauds-plane-hijackings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">featured terror-tied speakers<\/a> who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jan-6-committee-hearing-presented-numerous-deceptively-edited-tweets-and-videos\/\" title=\"Jan 6 Committee Hearing Presented Numerous Deceptively Edited Tweets and Videos\">lauded violence<\/a> against Jews. Charlotte Kates, a member of the Israeli-designated terror group Samidoun, praised Hamas&#8217;s Oct. 7 terror attack for showing &#8220;the potential of a future for Palestine liberated from Zionism,&#8221; while Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine activist Khaled Barakat lauded airplane hijackings.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Free Beacon<\/em> attended the event virtually and posted a highlight video on Monday. Two days later, on Wednesday, YouTube contacted the <em>Free Beacon<\/em> to say it removed the video for violating &#8220;our violent criminal organizations policy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Content that intends to praise, promote, or aid violent extremist or criminal organizations isn&#8217;t allowed on YouTube,&#8221; the email said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We know this might be disappointing, but it&#8217;s important to us that YouTube is a safe place for all.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The decision could put pressure on Columbia to take action in the wake of the event, which was initially scheduled to take place at Barnard College, the university&#8217;s all<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/at-columbia-an-israeli-designated-terror-group-teaches-palestinian-resistance-101-and-lauds-plane-hijackings\/\" title=\"Columbia University hosts an Israeli-designated terror group teaching 'Palestinian Resistance 101' and praising plane hijackings\">-female undergraduate school<\/a>. At the start of the event, however, student organizers said they were forced to &#8220;change rooms&#8221; at the last moment after a Ph.D. student lodged a complaint to the university.<\/p>\n<p>The event was moved to Columbia&#8217;s &#8220;Q House,&#8221; an &#8220;LGBTQ+ special interest community at Columbia University,&#8221; according to an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/national-guard-could-stay-in-d-c-at-least-through-fall-2021-report\/\" title=\"National Guard Could Stay In D.C. \u2018At Least Through Fall 2021\u2019: Report\">internal email obtained<\/a> by the <em>Free Beacon<\/em>. A Columbia spokeswoman said the school &#8220;canceled the event, denying requests to use community space.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Despite this, the event organizers held the event in a residence with an online option,&#8221; the spokeswoman told the <em>Free Beacon<\/em> on Monday. &#8220;We are investigating this matter and will not tolerate violations of university policy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A Columbia faculty group, Faculty and Staff for Justice in Palestine, <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/campus\/at-columbia-an-israeli-designated-terror-group-teaches-palestinian-resistance-101-and-lauds-plane-hijackings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">promoted the event<\/a> in an Instagram post, which featured an image of a Palestinian boy throwing stones at an Israeli tank during the second intifada.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to Kates and Barakat, the event featured Within Our Lifetime founder Nerdeen Kiswani, who addressed Columbia students in person. Kiswani, who has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adl.org\/resources\/blog\/nerdeen-kiswani-and-within-our-lifetime-united-palestine-what-you-need-know\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">called<\/a> for Israel to be &#8220;wiped off the map,&#8221; urged attendees to openly promote terrorist organizations and &#8220;talk about resistance.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have the right to return home, and we will get that right by any means necessary,&#8221; Kiswani said.\t<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Free Beacon<\/em> published two recordings of the event to YouTube\u2014one to an editor&#8217;s account, which YouTube <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dCAm5eOAvF8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">removed<\/a>, and one to the <em>Free Beacon<\/em>&#8216;s official account, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lZuCtvmp5Xs&#038;t=1s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">remains live<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Columbia declined to comment.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>YouTube informed the Free Beacon that after reviewing their content, it concluded that the video of the &#8220;Palestinian Resistance 101&#8221; event at Columbia University violated the platform&#8217;s policy against supporting violent criminal organizations, resulting in its removal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2360,"featured_media":2207722,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-25-at-4.43.27%E2%80%AFPM_736x514.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2207721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-25-at-4.43.27%E2%80%AFPM_736x514.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2207721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2360"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2207721"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2207721\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2207722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2207721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2207721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2207721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}