YouTube had recently installed a powerful new artificial intelligence system that learned from user behavior and paired videos with recommendations for others. One day, it directed him to an amateur guitar teacher named Nando Moura, who had gained a wide following by posting videos about heavy metal, video games and, most of all, politics. In colorful and paranoid far-right rants , Mr. Moura accused feminists, teachers and mainstream politicians of waging vast conspiracies. Dominguez was hooked.
Children being tricked into watching YouTube videos of Peppa Pig being tortured
YouTube Video Of A Tortured, Murdered Year-Old Is Syria’s Modern Em
A YouTube star is accused of physically abusing her seven adopted children, who told authorities they were pepper-sprayed, beaten and deprived of food and water if they didn't participate in her videos. Machelle Hobson, 48, whose YouTube channel "Fantastic Adventures" has garnered almost , subscribers and million views since , was arrested last Friday following a welfare check at her home in Maricopa, Arizona, about 35 miles south of downtown Phoenix, according to the complaint filed in Pinal County Superior Court. A year-old woman told the Maricopa Police Department on March 13 that her younger adoptive stepsister disclosed being abused by her mother, Hobson. Officers then conducted a welfare check at Hobson's residence, where they found seven children "who appeared to be malnourished, due to their pale completion, dark rings under their eyes, underweight, and they stated they were thirsty and hungry," according to the probable cause statement. Police interviewed two of the children and attempted to speak with a third but "she was visibly nervous, shaking, and it appeared she was too scared to answer any questions," according to the probable cause statement.
Facebook removes video game ad showing woman's torture
Update : The video has helped propel massive protests in Syria Friday. Al Jazeera reports around 10 a. EST that security forces fired machine guns into a crowd of about 50, protestors in Hama, killing 15 and injuring hundreds, according to the Local Coordinating Committees. The Syrian Free Press Facebook page has been another prominent catalyst in the protest, and several videos from the shooting have just been posted there.
Facebook has removed an advert for a video game that invites players to torture or kill a gagged and trembling woman after initially indicating that the content did not breach its guidelines. It has been banned by YouTube. Facebook initially indicated that the ad did not breach its guidelines, adding that it appeared only to users who have registered their age as over But a spokesperson said on Friday that the social media site has now chosen to take the promotion down.