YouTube urged to pull videos as knife crime increases

• Lauren Codling
• 24 April, 2018

By: Lauren Codling

by NADEEM BADSHAH INTERNET giants have been urged to act to stop knife crime escalating after an Eastern Eye investigation found videos promoting violence between gangs from different parts of the UK. One clip on YouTube showed hooded men from black and Asian backgrounds in a music video which made reference to guns. The footage, from a group in east London, contained the lyrics: “We come they run. You made a p****hole famous and I am on page four.” Another video showed a teenage boy making threatening comments to Slough, Berkshire, and a name of a gang. He said: “Man…

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