{"id":12897,"date":"2025-11-06T17:48:36","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T12:48:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mediahyde.com\/urdu\/?p=12897"},"modified":"2025-11-06T17:49:01","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T12:49:01","slug":"youtube-quietly-deletes-hundreds-of-videos-documenting-alleged-israeli-war-crimes-in-gaza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mediahyde.com\/urdu\/youtube-quietly-deletes-hundreds-of-videos-documenting-alleged-israeli-war-crimes-in-gaza\/","title":{"rendered":"\u06cc\u0648\u0679\u06cc\u0648\u0628 \u0646\u06d2 \u062e\u0627\u0645\u0648\u0634\u06cc \u0633\u06d2 \u0633\u06cc\u0646\u06a9\u0691\u0648\u06ba \u0648\u06cc\u0688\u06cc\u0648\u0632 \u062d\u0630\u0641 \u06a9\u0631 \u062f\u06cc\u06ba \u062c\u0648 \u063a\u0632\u06c1 \u0645\u06cc\u06ba \u0627\u0633\u0631\u0627\u0626\u06cc\u0644\u06cc \u062c\u0646\u06af\u06cc \u062c\u0631\u0627\u0626\u0645 \u06a9\u06cc \u062f\u0633\u062a\u0627\u0648\u06cc\u0632\u0627\u062a \u062a\u06be\u06cc\u06ba"},"content":{"rendered":"

Video-sharing platform <\/span><\/span>YouTube<\/span><\/span><\/strong> recently removed hundreds of videos uploaded by Palestinian human rights groups that documented <\/span><\/span>alleged Israeli war crimes in Gaza<\/span><\/span><\/strong> . The move has raised serious concerns among human rights activists and digital freedom experts, who are calling it an \u201cattempt to cover up the truth.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

According to a report by <\/span>the American magazine <\/span><\/span>The Intercept , YouTube has closed the YouTube channels of <\/span><\/span><\/strong>three major Palestinian human rights organizations<\/span><\/strong> \u2014 <\/span>Al-Haq<\/span><\/strong> , <\/span>Al-Mizan Center for Human Rights<\/span><\/strong> , and <\/span>the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR)<\/span><\/strong> \u2014 by deleting <\/span><\/span>more<\/span><\/span><\/strong> than 700 videos.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

These organizations had been collecting visual evidence of civilian casualties, destroyed hospitals, and affected neighborhoods through these videos for years, which they consider key evidence for global justice.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cThese are not just videos, they are evidence,\u201d a spokesman for al-Haq said. \u201cBy deleting them, YouTube has actually played a role in erasing the truth.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

YouTube’s position: "This was a legal requirement”<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n

YouTube, which is owned by Google, confirmed the move but said it was not <\/span><\/span>political censorship<\/span><\/span><\/strong> but <\/span><\/span>legal compliance<\/span><\/span><\/strong> . The company argued that there was a legal impediment to providing the service to certain organizations and regions under US sanctions laws.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

However, critics say this justification is illogical, as the deleted videos did not <\/span>show violence or hatred, but rather <\/span><\/span>the effects of war operations .<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWhen platforms delete human rights documents, they\u2019re not just erasing videos \u2014 they\u2019re eliminating potential evidence of justice,\u201d says <\/span>digital rights expert <\/span><\/span>Marwa Fatifa .<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cCensorship in the name of legal compliance\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n

Human rights activists and journalists around the world are accusing <\/span>YouTube of <\/span><\/span>suppressing Palestinian voices . \u201cThis move deprives Palestinians of their right to preserve their own history and communicate their truth to the world,\u201d <\/span><\/span><\/strong>
the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR)<\/span><\/span><\/strong> said in a statement.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Over the past year, other social media platforms \u2014 such as <\/span><\/span>Meta (Facebook, Instagram)<\/span><\/span><\/strong> \u2014 have faced similar accusations that they delete Palestinian content for \u201cpolicy violations.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Impact on global justice<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n

At a time when investigations into alleged war crimes in Gaza are ongoing, the deletion of these videos could affect the process of global justice.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cDigital platforms have now become part of the battlefield \u2014 not with weapons, but in the war of information,\u201d said one independent researcher. \u201cErasing such evidence is like destroying a crime scene.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

YouTube has not clarified whether the deleted videos have been preserved for legal or research purposes or have been permanently deleted. This lack of transparency has further raised concerns.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

A recurring issue<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n

This is not the first time YouTube has faced criticism for removing human rights content. It <\/span>has previously removed thousands of videos related to conflicts in <\/span><\/span>Syria, Yemen<\/span><\/span><\/strong> and <\/span><\/span>Myanmar that could have later become evidence in international courts.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The real question is: <\/span><\/span>
When global digital platforms themselves become the custodians of \u201crecord keeping,\u201d who remains in control of history?<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Experts say that if platforms continue to prioritize \u201clegal compliance\u201d over \u201ccontext,\u201d they reinforce the narratives of powerful states and erase the voices of victims.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

As one Palestinian activist said:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cWhen Silicon Valley decides what the world should see, justice becomes an option, not a right.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Video-sharing platform YouTube recently removed hundreds of videos uploaded by Palestinian human rights groups that documented alleged Israeli war crimes in Gaza . The move has raised serious concerns among human rights activists and digital freedom experts, who are calling it an \u201cattempt to cover up the truth.\u201d According to a report by the American […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":12898,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mediahyde.com\/urdu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mediahyde.com\/urdu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mediahyde.com\/urdu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mediahyde.com\/urdu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mediahyde.com\/urdu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12897"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mediahyde.com\/urdu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12897\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mediahyde.com\/urdu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mediahyde.com\/urdu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mediahyde.com\/urdu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mediahyde.com\/urdu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}