https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/3/20681586/youtube-ban-instructional-hacking-phishing-videos-cyber-weapons-lab-strike
By Adi Robertson
The Verge
July 3, 2019
Earlier this year, YouTube added hacking and phishing tutorials to its examples
of banned video content — and that ban has been publicized thanks to an
apparent crackdown on an ethical “white hat” hacking and computer security
channel.
Kody Kinzie is a co-founder of Hacker Interchange, which describes itself as an
organization dedicated to teaching beginners about computer science and
security. Hacker Interchange produces the Cyber Weapons Lab series on YouTube,
but yesterday, Kinzie reported that they were unable to upload new videos
because of a content strike. “Our existing content is being flagged and pulled,
just got a strike too,” noted Kinzie.
We made a video about launching fireworks over Wi-Fi for the 4th of July
only to find out @YouTube gave us a strike because we teach about
hacking, so we can't upload it.
YouTube now bans: "Instructional hacking and phishing: Showing users how
to bypass secure computer systems"
— Kody (@KodyKinzie) July 2, 2019
The rule is laid out on YouTube’s “harmful or dangerous content” page, which
bans “instructional hacking and phishing,” i.e. “showing users how to bypass
secure computer systems or steal user credentials and personal data.”
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