Google ordered to take down YouTube anti-Muslim video

Google must take down a controversial anti-Muslim video on YouTube that sparked protests across the Muslim world because keeping it on the website violates the rights of an actress who sued after she was duped into appearing in the film, a divided federal appeals court ruled.

In a 2-1 decision, the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals rejected Google's arguments that being forced to take down the video, "Innocence of Muslims," would be a prior restraint that would violate the company's First Amendment protections. Actress Cindy Lee Garcia proved the need to remove the video from YouTube, the appeals court concluded, in part because of ongoing death threats since it sparked violent protests after being first aired by Egyptian television in 2012.