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YouTube pulls Northampton Open Media’s government channel over sex, nudity claims
['Emilee Klein', 'More Emilee Klein', 'Staff Writer', 'Melissa Karen Sances']
Daily Hampshire Gazette
NORTHAMPTON — An extensive archive of government meetings overseen by Northampton Open Media on its YouTube channel has been taken down by YouTube for an alleged violation of the website’s sex and nudity policy.
“Even YouTube says it looks at context in its policy.”For the last decade, NOM’s Government Media Archive YouTube channel has brought live coverage and archived meetings to the city and its residents, from City Council and School Committee to any of the dozens of other boards and committees that meet throughout the year.
In the meantime, NOM has started a new YouTube channel called Northampton Open Media Government Coverage Backup so that people can access content as quickly as possible.
“I know there’s an increased reliance on AI to evaluate content,” Williams said.
In most cases, NOM edits out any explicit content before uploading a meeting recording to YouTube.