Rachel Lord

YouTube has decided a video falsely claiming a Sydney massacre survivor was a 'crisis actor' can remain online, according to a Google executive testifying at an Australian government inquiry. The inquiry is examining antisemitism and the December attack on a Sydney Hanukkah event that killed 15 people.

A Google executive testified that a YouTube video falsely claiming a Sydney massacre survivor was a 'crisis actor' met platform standards and would remain online. The video, which included antisemitic conspiracy theories about the survivor, was reviewed at senior levels but not removed despite criticism from an inquiry into online hate speech.

A Google executive testified that a YouTube video falsely claiming a Sydney massacre survivor is a 'crisis actor' met platform standards and would remain online. The video, which included antisemitic conspiracy theories and false accusations against survivor Arsen Ostrovsky, was reviewed at senior levels by YouTube. The inquiry highlighted concerns about the spread of antisemitism and misinformation following the December attack.