Former BBC local radio presenter Alex Belfield, 42, was jailed for five years and 26 weeks last Friday after being found guilty of waging a campaign against a number of figures from the broadcasting world.
TV and radio host Jeremy Vine has said he is"amazed at how hard it is" to get social media companies to act in response to his jailed stalker's videos.
Former BBC local radio presenter Alex Belfield, 42, was sentenced to five years and 26 weeks last Friday after being found guilty of waging a campaignJurors accepted he caused serious alarm or distress to two victims and found him guilty of"simple" stalking in relation to Channel 5 and BBC Radio 2 presenter Mr Vine and theatre blogger Philip Dehany.
"So we went to YouTube and said: 'Come on, what is going on with this guy? You can't allow him to just defame'. "And then we said: 'OK, there is a libel action now based on that video, that video, that video' - they still won't take them down. "Eventually I have to go through a lawyer, they take down individual videos, and then when he is convicted they demonetise him. But half the videos about me are still up there.
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