John–
Last week, we started turning up the heat on YouTube. For too long, the video-streaming giant has failed to enforce its own Community Guidelines with respect to guns. It's hosted, and continues to hosts, a virtual library of extensive firearm instructional videos accessible by extremists like the Buffalo shooter. And shockingly, it includes videos on tactical combat techniques and how to illegally modify weapons.
The shooter in Buffalo who committed mass murder and targeted Black people in May extensively documented his YouTube consumption, providing a tragic example of how this dangerous content on YouTube played a role in enabling someone to plan a horrific act of violence.
We need YouTube to take this crisis seriously and help prevent gun violence. Lives are at stake.
Add your name to demand YouTube enforces its community guidelines to combat armed extremism.
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Thank you for being a part of this movement.
Everytown for Gun Safety
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From: Shannon Watts, Moms Demand Action
Date: August 12, 2022
Subject: The Buffalo shooter used YouTube to access information on tactical firearms training. Sign the petition to demand action: