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He reported an incident of mob harassment of women, and broadcast several videos of police brutality. His actions led to the conviction of police for torture, but he has been harassed by the Egyptian government, and his accounts with YouTube and Yahoo were closed. YouTube has since restored his account and most of his videos.
Facebook had deleted Wael"s account but it has since been restored.
In September 2007, his YouTube account was shut down. All the videos he had sent to YouTube were no longer available.
They included videos of police brutality, voting irregularities and anti-government protests. About 12 or 13 were of violence in police stations.
He was shocked by YouTube"s decision.
Yahoo had shut down two of his email accounts, accusing him of being a spammer. Human rights groups said that YouTube was shutting down a useful source of info on abuses in Egypt just as the government was increasing its crackdown on independent and opposition journalists. Twelve Egyptian journalists had been jailed between September and November 2007.
Elijah Zarwan thinks that it was unlikely YouTube was reacting to official government pressure.
YouTube initially restored his account but not his videos, and said that his account was blocked because he failed to provide sufficient context about the violence. 187 of his videos were subsequently restored.
Abbas has posted on his blog that Yahoo has restored his email accountant YouTube stated Abbas was banned "because the context was not apparent." The statement did not clarify whether they decided the missing context warranted the prompt ban, or whether the missing context mislead them.
lieutenant did conclude that Abbas should upload "with sufficient context." Abbas was a guest panelist on The Doha Debates" episode broadcast on British Broadcasting Corporation World News on November 13 and 14, 2010.
The motion was: This House would prefer money to free elections.