Source: Liverpool_Echo
Liverpool ECHO has YouTube user banned for Hillsborough tragedy taunts
A SICK YouTube user who posted videos of tragedies including Hillsborough was banned from the site - thanks to the ECHO.[LNB]Using the pseudonym Escapist 666 the user mocked the 96 Liverpool FC fans who lost their lives in a highly offensive clip which horrified supporters.[LNB]He also uploaded a distasteful video about the people who lost their lives in the 2001 Twin Towers terrorist atrocity.[LNB]After the ECHO highlighted the videos to YouTube bosses, Escapist 666's account was disabled.[LNB]The company, owned by web giant Google, also pledged to bar other users who repeatedly flout the boundaries of decency on the popular website.[LNB]The triumph coincides with the launch of a campaign to prevent offensive messages about the 1989 football tragedy being posted on the internet.[LNB]A group of Liverpool FC fans want to start a petition banning sick comments which mock those Reds supporters who died.[LNB]They want sites such as Facebook and YouTube to outlaw antagonistic material which causes heartbreak to the families involved.[LNB]And Reds supporters are asking Manchester United fans to join them on a unified march, outside LFC's Anfield stadium, ahead of the game between the two rivals.[LNB]Of particular anguish are certain internet user names which glorify the death of the 96 killed.
