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YouTube Terminates PINAC Account for “Violent” Police Videos, the Latest Shutdown on Independent Media

By Andrew Meyer | PINAC | November 20, 2015 On October 27, YouTube terminated the main channel of Photography is Not a Crime, claiming the channel posts too many videos that are “violent or graphic content that appears to be posted in a shocking, sensational, or disrespectful manner.” Because of that, PINAC lost hundreds of […]

Nilesat takes Yemen broadcaster al-Massirah off air

Press TV – May 11, 2015 Yemen’s Arabic broadcaster, al-Massirah, has been taken off the air by Egyptian satellite company Nilesat, while YouTube has removed the channel’s uploaded files showing the devastation caused by Saudi Arabia’s bombardment of the country. The channel, which is affiliated to Yemen’s Ansarullah movement, said on its Twitter account that […]

BFP Roundtable #9: Selling the “ISIS” Brand

Boiling Frogs Post | On this edition of the BFP Roundtable the panel gets into a lively discussion on the marketing of the "ISIS" brand of "Islamic Terror." But if the terror boogeyman is the product, then who's the customer and who are they buying from? Join Peter, Sibel, Guillermo and James for an uncensored conversation on terror, black ops...

Reviving the Dead With DIY Forensics: Still Life (Vice Motherboard documentary)

Danny Benavides | There is something booming in Mexico besides the drug trade and the violence associated with it: Forensic science. This is an extremely fascinating mini-documentary from Vice's "Motherboard" video-magazine which spotlights this very discipline and the crucial role that forensic science plays...