SAN BRUNO, CALIFORNIA — The global fight on radicalization now has a new enemy — YouTube. The Google-owned company claims it’s now working with governments, law enforcement and NGOs to tackle online extremism. <br /> <br />YouTube announced four steps it’s taking to combat online terrorism. First, they’re devoting more engineering resources to faster detect unfriendly content. <br /> <br />Second, YouTube Snitches will get 50 other ‘expert’ NGOs to help flag even more content. <br /> <br />Google is going to take a tougher stance by demonetizing clips with inflammatory religious or supremacist content that do not clearly violate YouTube’s policies. <br /> <br />But best of all, YouTube thinks it can actually redirect potential recruits to anti-terrorist videos. <br /> <br />Wow, who would have thought that all you needed to do to combat terrorism was watch YouTube. <br /> <br />Does that mean news stories on attacks are now okay? No — those are still YouTube inappropriate.
