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YouTube takes down Conservative adverts featuring edited BBC footage

The move follows similar action by Facebook, after the corporation complained it could ‘damage perceptions of our impartiality’.

Joe Mellor by Joe Mellor
2019-12-04 15:07
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Google has removed Conservative Party election adverts which used edited BBC clips from its video-sharing platform YouTube.

The move follows a similar response by Facebook, after the corporation complained that the adverts infringed its intellectual property rights.

Google – which has owned YouTube since 2006 – said it had taken action following a copyright claim by the BBC.

One of the adverts the broadcaster was concerned about included an edited clip of its political editor, Laura Kuenssberg, saying “pointless delay to Brexit”, followed by newsreader Huw Edwards stating “another Brexit delay”.

Laura Kuenssberg saying 'pointless delay to Brexit'
A Conservative Party advert featured and edited clip of BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg saying ‘pointless delay to Brexit’ (Conservative Party/PA)

It also used a caption saying: “A hung parliament = gridlock. Stop the chaos. Vote Conservative.”

Impartiality

The BBC argued that the adverts could “damage perceptions of our impartiality”.

According to Google’s ad library, two Conservative video adverts were pulled from YouTube due to a copyright claim by BBC News, one of which generated between 100,000 and one million impressions.

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“When a copyright holder notifies us of a video that infringes on their copyright, we remove the content promptly in accordance with the law,” a Google spokesman said.

“In this instance, we removed this video following a copyright claim by BBC News.”

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