YouTube pulls ‘bump stock’ tutorials that explain how to turn rifles into rapid fire machines after Vegas attack
YOUTUBE has removed tutorials that show people how to turn guns into mass killing machines following the Las Vegas massacre.
The freely available videos instructed viewers on how to use "bump stocks", which were found among the weapons in killer Stephen Paddock's room.
A bump stock, which can be bought in the US for around £150 ($200), repeatedly bumps the trigger against the shooter's finger.
This means the finger is technically pulling the trigger for each round, keeping the gun as a legal semi-automatic.
Although the rocking motion creates a "spraying" motion that makes it act like a machine gun.
That might explain why the attack, in which 50 were killed, became America's deadliest in history.
A YouTube spokesman said: "We have long had a policy against harmful and dangerous content.
"In the wake of the recent tragedy in Las Vegas, we have taken a closer look at videos that demonstrate how to convert firearms to make them fire more quickly and we've expanded our existing policy to prohibit these videos."
Web giants have been slammed over publishing videos or instructions that aid extremism or horrific violent acts.
YouTube was forced to apologise after adverts for major British companies appeared next to videos encouraging terrorism.
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Amazon also faced scrutiny after it emerged that the e-retailer suggested materials to make a bomb when searching for certain chemicals.
Politicians have criticised Twitter, Facebook and Google for allowing "how to" guides for terrorists to remain online.
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