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YouTube defends video that falsely claims Sydney massacre survivor is ‘crisis actor’

A YouTube video falsely claimed that Arsen Ostrovsky, a wounded survivor of a Sydney antisemitic massacre, was a crisis actor, and the video remained online after review by Google Australia manager Rachel Lord.
After the massacre, Ostrovsky faced online hate, abuse, vilification, and AI manipulation, including an AI-generated image falsely depicting him with makeup or fake blood.
The massacre was allegedly carried out by father and son shooters inspired by the Islamic State group.
Rachel Lord stated that the decision to keep the video online was reviewed at senior levels and that YouTube continually re-evaluates its hate speech guidelines, despite criticism from a lawyer at the inquiry.

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