Middle East Eye

Iran Files Lawsuit Against US in International Court Over Sanctions

Iran has filed a lawsuit alleging the US violated a treaty by imposing sanctions after it withdrew from the JCPOA aka the ‘Iran Nuclear Deal’ earlier this year.
Signed with a sharpie? President Donald Trump formally declared his intention to withdraw the US from the JCPOA in May, 2018. (Photo: REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst)

YouTube Under Fire After Mass Deleting Videos Deemed ‘Extremist Material’

The removals began days after Google, which owns YouTube, trumpeted the arrival of an artificial intelligence program that it said could spot and flag “extremist” videos without human involvement.
YouTube is facing criticism after a new artificial intelligence program monitoring “extremist” content began flagging and removing masses of videos and blocking channels that document war crimes in the Middle East.