12-11-2017 21:41 via feeds.mashable.com

YouTube finally blocks a known terrorist propagandist from its site

The extremist jihadist cleric Anwar al-Awlaki was killed in a U.S. drone strike six years ago. But until this month, he was the leading English-speaking jihadist recruiter through more than 70,000 videos posted on YouTube. 
Three-quarters of those videos are now gone from YouTube's archives, the New York Times reported Sunday. The Times called the move by YouTube a "watershed moment" for platforms that have facilitated terrorist recruitment online.
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