The World Jewish Congress on Monday accused the German unit of YouTube of failing to stop neo-Nazis from using the online video channel to distribute thousands of anti-Semitic tracks.
The WJC sent Philipp Justus, the managing director of the German unit of YouTube parent company Google, a letter demanding more decisive action to take down illegal material praising the Holocaust and Adolf Hitler.
"Why is it that Google steadfastly refuses to take action against the proliferation of racist and anti-Semitic material on its platforms?" Executive Vice President Robert Singer of the New York-based WJC wrote in a letter made available to AFP.
"Do you really believe that songs glorifying, or inciting to, the mass murder of Jews fall under freedom of speech?"