27 August 2007
The Central Council of Jews in Germany is considering lodging a criminal complaint against the online video platform YouTube for allowing videos on its site that promote racial hatred and glorify war. Such action made the video-sharing website liable to charges of incitement to racial hatred, the organization’s vice-president, Salomon Korn, told the German television feature ‘Report’. "I expect the prosecutor's office, other relevant authorities and, if necessary, the German government to take action against this," Korn said on the program, which is to be aired on Monday.
Program researchers said it was possible to watch videos on YouTube of an anti-Semitic film released by the Nazis during World War II called ‘Jud Süß’. Outlawed videos by the neo-Nazi groups ‘Kommando Freisler’ and ‘Landser’ were also available on the website according to the program.
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