Google says that its video-sharing website YouTube is overloaded to the point where the staff is finding it difficult to filter terror related content.
The overflowing content on the site is slowing down the task to stop terrorists from uploading propaganda and hostage videos.
According to CBS News, Google Public Policy Manager Verity Harding said that about 300 hours of video material is being uploaded to YouTube every minute, making it virtually impossible for the company to filter all images.
Citing an example to explain the difficulty of the task, she said that "to pre-screen those videos before they are uploaded would be like screening a phone call before it's made."
In view of the trouble faced by YouTube in keeping a check on such videos, the European Union's counter-terror chief, Gilles De Kerchove, said that the company needed help with the job to contain the security risk by having experts from member states flagging terror-related content.
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