Google Rejects White House Request to Remove Anti-Muslim Film
By Nathan Eddy  |  Posted 2012-09-15  As the fallout from an
American-made anti-Islamic film mocking the Prophet Muhammad
continues to fuel violent protests and riots across the Middle
East, Google, which owns the social video site YouTube on which
the video is accessible, responded to a request from the White
House by saying it did not intend to remove the video, as the
controversial film did not violate its policies regarding hate
speech. However, the company did block access to the video in
India and Indonesia, citing local laws. Google also voluntarily
blocked the video in Egypt and Libya, two epicenters of violence
which led to the deaths of three U.S. State Department officials
and the ambassador to Libya, J. Christopher Stevens.  YouTube
does not continuously monitor violations of its community
guidelines, relying instead on its large base of users to
monitor a massive amount of content; 72 hours of video are
uploaded to YouTube every minut