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Google: We did not remove YouTube videos of police brutality

LINK: www.google.com ➚ | Posted by: Andrew Phelps | October 27, 2011

From Google’s “Transparency Report” for January–June 2011:

We received a request from a local law enforcement agency to remove YouTube videos of police brutality, which we did not remove. Separately, we received requests from a different local law enforcement agency for removal of videos allegedly defaming law enforcement officials. We did not comply with those requests…

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