Not surprising, considering Youtube hasn’t been friendly to pro-life issues in the past. Live Action, the group spearheaded by Lila Rose who released the explosive Planned Parenthood investigation videos just this week, was told this evening by Youtube that they had until tomorrow evening to remove the video pending “privacy concerns.”
You have 48 hours to take action on the complaint. If you remove the alleged violation from the site within the 48 hours, the complaint filed will then be closed.[…]
When uploading videos in the future, please remember not to post someone else’s image or personal information without their consent. Personal information includes, but is not limited to, Social Security number, National Identification number, bank account number or contact information (e.g. home address, email address).
What isn’t clear is what “privacy violation” occurred. No personal information was released about Amy Woodruff or anyone else in the video. Woodruff was publicly fired by Planned Parenthood in a statement released by Phyllis Kinsler, the Executive Director of Planned Parenthood of central Jersey.
“We were profoundly shocked when we viewed the videotape released [Tuesday] morning, which depicted an employee of one of our health centers behaving in a repugnant manner that is inconsistent with our standards of care and is completely unacceptable.”
That by itself seems to debunk any claim of privacy violation.
The full letter:
Dear LiveActionFilms, This is to notify you that we have received a
privacy complaint from an individual regarding your content:
————————————————————- Video URLs:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9Zj9yx2j0Y
The information reported as violating privacy is at 10:58
————————————————————- We would
like to give you an opportunity to remove or edit the private information
within the content reported. You have 48 hours to take action on the
complaint. If you remove the alleged violation from the site within the 48
hours, the complaint filed will then be closed. If the potential privacy
violation remains on the site after 48 hours, the complaint will be
reviewed by the YouTube Team and may be removed pursuant to our Privacy
Guidelines (http://www.youtube.com/t/privacy_guidelines). If the alleged
violation is located within the video itself, you may have to remove the
video completely. If someone’s full name or other personal information is
listed within the title, description, or tags of your video, you can edit
this by going to My Videos and clicking the Edit button on the reported
video. Making a video private is not an appropriate method of editing, as
the status can be changed from private to public at any time. Because they
can be turned off at any time, annotations are also not considered an
acceptable solution. We’re committed to protecting our users and hope you
understand the importance of respecting others’ privacy. When uploading
videos in the future, please remember not to post someone else’s image or
personal information without their consent. Personal information includes,
but is not limited to, Social Security number, National Identification
number, bank account number or contact information (e.g. home address,
email address). For more information, please review our Privacy Guidelines
http://www.youtube.com/t/privacy_guidelines.Regards,The YouTube Team
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