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YouTube cracks down on gun videos with new guidelines

According to the guidelines page, it states that the video platform giant will restrict certain content featuring firearms.
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A picture shows a You Tube logo on December 4, 2012 during LeWeb Paris 2012 in Saint-Denis near Paris.

As many prepare for March for Our Lives, YouTube has just published a new set of policies that restrict users’ ability to post videos with gun-related content.

According to the guidelines page, the video platform giant will restrict certain content featuring firearms. This includes videos that:

• Intend to sell guns and other related accessories

• Provide instructions on how to manufacture a “firearm, ammunition, high capacity magazine, homemade silencers/suppressors” and other related accessories

• Show viewers how to install related accessories and modifications

The new policies come after 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz went on a shooting rampage that killed 14 students and three school employees at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida on Feb. 14. In addition, 17 people were wounded.

This isn’t the first time that YouTube has added to it’s guidelines as a response to a major event. It began cracking down on conspiracy videos after the topic received renewed attention as videos falsely claimed that students speaking out about the Florida shooting were “crisis actors” who were not really there when it happened.

The Associated Press contributed to this story.

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