YouTube bans neo-Nazi channel after criticism over hate speech rules

After days of external pressure, YouTube has banned the channel of Atomwaffen, a neo-Nazi group tied to multiple killings. As Motherboard reported today, both Atomwaffen’s primary and backup YouTube channels have been banned for “multiple or severe violations of YouTube’s policy prohibiting hate speech,” according to a site message. The Daily Beast previously reported that YouTube planned to keep the videos online, simply demonetizing them and adding a warning about offensive content.

Atomwaffen was the subject of a recent in-depth report from ProPublica, which obtained chat logs praising a member for killing gay, Jewish college student Blaze Bernstein. In total, Atomwaffen is directly or indirectly linked to five murders, and one member...

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