Following a BBC investigation, Deputy Chief Constable Brian Moore of the Association of Chief Police Officers, said that online video companies should remove videos of child violence and crime and turn the details to police.

“We would question who is in a financially better position to police the likes of YouTube,” Deputy Chief Moore said. “Those in the private sector, who are earning huge amounts of money, or police forces which are currently having to stretch budgets.“

A YouTube spokesman confirmed that they do not employ anyone to pre-screen videos, but Hayden Hewitt, co-founder of Liveleak stated that his site does check all videos prior to hosting them. “All this is happening, this is real life, this is going on, we’re going to show it,” Hewitt said.

[Via BBC News]

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