YouTube up in arms over gun mod videos, community fires back

Oct09

by Sindy Cator on October 9, 2017 at 4:34 pm

Posted In: Around the Web, Google, video

In the aftermath of the Las Vegas shooting earlier this month, YouTube is striking out content related to specific types of firearm modifications — and the community isn’t happy about it. YouTube apparently began removing videos showing the modification of guns with bump stocks last week, and issuing strikes against channels who hosted the videos. The Las Vegas shooter, Stephen Paddock, apparently modified an assault rifle with the stock, which allowed it to fire like an automatic. Such weapons are illegal in the United States, but bump stocks are not. A picture of YouTube’s explanatory note to one channel owner was…