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Wannabe rapper with a big following is a Haiti gang leader. YouTube just shut him down
April 14, 2023
A notorious Haitian gang leader who has been using social media to rap about his alleged crimes while ruling over one of Haiti’s infamous kidnapping lairs has been banned by YouTube. “Izo 5 Segonn,” head of the 5 Segonn/5 Segond gang in Port-au-Prince’s Village de Dieu slum, had his channel terminated late Thursday night by the social media platform, which is owned by Google. “We terminated the channel in question for violating our Community Guidelines, which prohibit content inciting others to commit violence,” Jack Malon, a YouTube spokesperson, confirmed to the Miami Herald.
The decision came amid an outcry from Haitians, both in Haiti and abroad, after the gang leader and aspiring rapper was shown in a video cheerfully unwrapping a silver plaque, a YouTube Creator Award given to content creators who reach 100,000 subscribers. He had at least 111,000. “The Silver Play Button, as the award is also referred to, is not an endorsement of creators or their conduct off our platform, and we expect all creators to follow our Community Guidelines,” Malon said.
Still, the award ignited a campaign by a group calling itself Men Anpil to have Segonn removed. By Thursday, a petition launched on Change.org had amassed 20,339 of 25,000 signatures being sought. The petition’s backers included a former kidnapping victim who had been held hostage by the gang. “The goal is to shut him down everywhere because he is on TikTok; he is on other platforms,” said the former hostage, who asked that his name not be used to protect his family in Haiti, and welcomes YouTube’s decision. “We wanted to focus on one platform at a time....Now that YouTube has made the first move, we are going to continue with TikTok, Instagram and others. “I want to make sure he’s not getting any funds from any of these platforms. That is one of the goals,” he added. “Obviously the goal is to get him arrested so that he is not a role model for regular Haitians....That’s my main concern.”
Last year, after ther rapper, who goes by Izo, published a video in which he threatened to kill 30 people, Meta, which owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, shut down his Facebook and Instagram accounts. However, critics say he continues to use the platforms under different names. In their petition, supporters argue that the gang leader should not be be allowed to monetize his content by parlaying followers into income. Nor should he have access to YouTube, they said, noting that social media platforms have become a means for Haiti’s vicious gangs to terrorize the population, recruit new members and brag about their exploits, which include kidnappings and killings.
“Although he resides in Haiti in the notorious Village De Dieu, ground zero for gang activity and control, Izo was able to get his plaque seemingly effortlessly and have quite an influential reach and growing presence online,” Men Anpil said in its Change.org petition description. “Such a vicious character responsible for some of the most brutal crimes in Haiti right now deserves no praise, no recognition, and no platform to propagate his influence.”
According to YouTube, the awards are given at the social media platform’s discretion and to creators who have played by the rules. This includes not promoting content that incites others to commit violent acts
Read more at: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/na...cas/haiti/article274274865.html#storylink=cpy
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Wannabe rapper with a big following is a Haiti gang leader. YouTube just shut him down
April 14, 2023
A notorious Haitian gang leader who has been using social media to rap about his alleged crimes while ruling over one of Haiti’s infamous kidnapping lairs has been banned by YouTube. “Izo 5 Segonn,” head of the 5 Segonn/5 Segond gang in Port-au-Prince’s Village de Dieu slum, had his channel terminated late Thursday night by the social media platform, which is owned by Google. “We terminated the channel in question for violating our Community Guidelines, which prohibit content inciting others to commit violence,” Jack Malon, a YouTube spokesperson, confirmed to the Miami Herald.
The decision came amid an outcry from Haitians, both in Haiti and abroad, after the gang leader and aspiring rapper was shown in a video cheerfully unwrapping a silver plaque, a YouTube Creator Award given to content creators who reach 100,000 subscribers. He had at least 111,000. “The Silver Play Button, as the award is also referred to, is not an endorsement of creators or their conduct off our platform, and we expect all creators to follow our Community Guidelines,” Malon said.
Still, the award ignited a campaign by a group calling itself Men Anpil to have Segonn removed. By Thursday, a petition launched on Change.org had amassed 20,339 of 25,000 signatures being sought. The petition’s backers included a former kidnapping victim who had been held hostage by the gang. “The goal is to shut him down everywhere because he is on TikTok; he is on other platforms,” said the former hostage, who asked that his name not be used to protect his family in Haiti, and welcomes YouTube’s decision. “We wanted to focus on one platform at a time....Now that YouTube has made the first move, we are going to continue with TikTok, Instagram and others. “I want to make sure he’s not getting any funds from any of these platforms. That is one of the goals,” he added. “Obviously the goal is to get him arrested so that he is not a role model for regular Haitians....That’s my main concern.”
Last year, after ther rapper, who goes by Izo, published a video in which he threatened to kill 30 people, Meta, which owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, shut down his Facebook and Instagram accounts. However, critics say he continues to use the platforms under different names. In their petition, supporters argue that the gang leader should not be be allowed to monetize his content by parlaying followers into income. Nor should he have access to YouTube, they said, noting that social media platforms have become a means for Haiti’s vicious gangs to terrorize the population, recruit new members and brag about their exploits, which include kidnappings and killings.
“Although he resides in Haiti in the notorious Village De Dieu, ground zero for gang activity and control, Izo was able to get his plaque seemingly effortlessly and have quite an influential reach and growing presence online,” Men Anpil said in its Change.org petition description. “Such a vicious character responsible for some of the most brutal crimes in Haiti right now deserves no praise, no recognition, and no platform to propagate his influence.”
According to YouTube, the awards are given at the social media platform’s discretion and to creators who have played by the rules. This includes not promoting content that incites others to commit violent acts
Read more at: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/na...cas/haiti/article274274865.html#storylink=cpy
@Mega @intruder @mson @havoc @Mirin4rmfar @Soundbwoy @BigMan @kej718 @concise @boxfullofjoel @DeuceZ @Saint of Commerce
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