YouTube Deletes Music Videos Due to Violent Content

YouTube removed 30 music videos that were deemed excessively violent, after a takedown request from the UK's most senior police officer. Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick asked YouTube to take down the contentious clips, stating that the videos glamorize violence and are contributing to a crime spree in London. Dick singled out the drill genre specifically. A YouTube spokesman told the BBC, "We have developed policies specifically to help tackle videos related to knife crime in the ...